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WALTER MERRYMAN 



OF HARPSWELL, MAINE 



AND HIS DESCENDANTS 



BY 

REV. CHARLES NELSON SINNETT 



CONCORD, N. H. 

RuMFORD Printing Co. 
1905 






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INTRODUCTION. 



Here are the throngs descended from strong Walter, 
No neck among them ever felt the halter ; 
They've sailed the seas from Hong Kong to Gibraltar, 
On plain and hill have reared the home and altar — 
Typhoon and blizzard never made them falter ! 
Some clans get fresh, our clan is growing salter. 
Read well this book, and thank the Lord for Walter. 

Chas. N. Sinnett. 
Edmore, North Dakota, 

Thanksgiving Day, 1905. 

The account of our Ancestor Walter Merryman varies but 
little among his descendants. He was kidnapped in an Irish 
port early in 1700 and brought to Boston, Mass. Here his 
so-called "passage money" was paid by a Mr. Simonton of 
Cape Elizabeth, Me., who faithfully taught him the ship 
carpenter's trade, near Portland. Both these men were 
sturdy Presbyterians and their good influence is seen unto 
the last generations of both families. 

Mr. George F. Henley of South Portland, Me., writes me 
as follows: "I went with your grandfather, Capt. James 
Sinnett of Bailey's Island, Harpswell, Me., to see what we 
could learn about Ancestor Walter Merryman. We visited 
some old people, of Simonton descent, and were confirmed in 
our story of our Merryman ancestor, and that he remained 
with him some seven years." 

Ancestor Walter Merryman married Elizabeth Potter and 
moved to the old farm not far above the Harpswell Center 
(Me.) Church. He was one of the most upright and sturdy 
of the early settlers of the town. The coat-of-arms of the 
Merrymans shows that the family was one of valor and 



4 INTRODUCTION. 

-worth across the seas. Some claim his ancestors were 
Scotch ; others say they were English. It is the purpose of 
the anthor of this book to collect all early history of the 
Merrymans as soon as possible, and he will be very grateful 
for any help in this important work. The results of this 
research will be sent to all who are interested in the family 
history. 

Elizabeth Potter was descended from Anthony Potter, b. 
in P^ngland, 1628. and came to Ipswich, Mass., 1688. He 
married Elizabeth Whipple. 

Samuel Potter, son of this ancestor, married Joanna 
Woods. 

David Potter, son of Samuel, was born at Ipswich, Mass., 
March 27, 1685, and married Mary Merriam.of Lynn, Mass. 
In 1738 David Potter moved to Topsham, Me., with his three 
sous, William, James and Alexander. Elizabeth Potter is 
claimed to have been the daughter of David Potter and 
Mary Merriam. Nothing further has been found, save the 
well-known fact that this was a family of sturdy faith and 
deeds. 

The sons of Ancestor Walter Merryman and Elizabeth 
Potter will each be traced in a separate section in the fol- 
lowing pages. Of the daughters, 

(2) Frances Merryman m., in Jan., 1766, Andrew Jack 
of the celebrated Scotch-Irish colony at Topsham, 
Me. 

(2) Miriam ]\Ierryman m. Robert Potter of Topsham, INIe. 

(2) Mary Merryman m. Jonathan Weymouth, Dec. 14, 
1775. 

The author has many records of the descendants of these 
daughters, which will be given in the history of the families 
into which they married, as I am preparing a history of all 
the old families of Harpswell, Brunswick, Topsham, Bow- 
doinham, Bowdoin, etc. 

Many thanks to the scores of people who have so kindly 
helped in the preparation of this book. 



SECTION FIRST. 



The descendants of Thomas jMeriyman -, son of Ances-, 

tor Walter Merryman and Betsy Potter. 

(2) Thomas Merryman, b. Harpswell Me., 1738; d. Oct. 
5, 1813 (75y.) ; m., March 26, 1763, Sarah Bailey^, b. 
Hanover, Mass., March 13, 1739; d. Harpswell, Me., 
Nov. 5, 1824. She was the daughter of Dea. Timothy 
Bailey^ for whom Bailey Island at Harpswell, Me., 
was named, and of his first wife, Sarah Buck, who d. 
Oct. 9, 1740. Dea. Timothy Bailey was b. Hanover, 
Mass., I\Iarch 20, 1709; the son of John Bailey^ and 
Abigail Clapp, and the grandson of John Bailey^ and 
Sarah White, and great-grandson of Thomas Bailey^, 
who w^as at Boston, ]\Iass., 1643, and who probably set- 
tled at Weymouth, INIass., with his wife, Ruth. 

The above Sarah White^ who m. John Bailey, was 
the daughter of Peregrine White^, who was born on the 
Mayflower, 1620, and d. July 20, 1704; and grandson 
of William White^, who came to Plymouth, Mass., on 
the Mayflower. 



CHAPTER I. 

The first child of Thomas Merryman^ and his wife, Sarah 
Bailey^ : 

(3) Sarah Merryman, b. Harpswell Me., 1763; m., Dec. 9, 1784, 

Joseph Ewing, Jr., b. . 

(4) Sally Ewing, b. June 28, 1785; d. March 17, 1866 (Sly., 
8m.); m. Capt. Jesse Snow, b. July 25, 1799; d. Bruns- 
wick, Me., Aug. 19, 1872, of Truro, Mass., and East Harps- 
well, Me. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(5) Hannah Snow, b. Dec. 22, 1803. 

(5) Margaret Snow, b. Sept. 2, 1805; m., May ll', 1826, Reuben 

Dyer of Lisbon, Me. 
(5) Thomas E. Snow, b. July 15, 1807; m. (first), 186- 
Louisa Given of Wales, Me., who d. Nov. 6, 1846 (38y.) ; 
m. (second), Mrs. Watson of Hallowell, Me. 
(5) Anthony Snow, b. Dec. 16, 1809; d. Sept., 1809. 
(5) Hannah Snow, b. Dec. 29, 1813; d. single. 
(5) Jesse Snow, b. Sept. 25, 1814; d. ; ni. Elmira Will- 
iams, b. Nov. 5, 1815. 
(5) Elisha Snow, b. March 25, 1815; d. at sea, young; single. 
(5) Joseph Snow, b. Feb. 24, 1817; m. Sarah Jane Morse of 

Brunswick, Me. 
(5) Martha Snow, b. April 9, 1820; d. March 10, 1855; single. 

(5) Mary Snow, b. July 16, 1822; m. Downs. 

(5) Alfred Snow, b. Aug. 30, 1824; m., Dec. 14, 1848, Alice 
Chase of Brunswick, Me. 
(4) Wm. Ewing, b. Jan. 30, 1787; m., April 2, 1809, Margaret 
Bishop, who soon died; daughter of Abner Bishop and 
Mary Orr. 
(5) Wm. Ewing. 

(5) Sally Ewing, b. Bowdoin, Me., Jan. 2, 1823; 'm. B. 
Franklin Higgins. 
(4) Thomas Ewing, b. March 15, 1789; d. single. 
(4) Peggy Ewing, b. May 14, 1793; d. Oct. 16, 1804; single. 
(4) James Ewing, b. Jan. 3, 1790; d. June 2, 1852; m., Nov. 14, 

1849, Olive Ewing; no children. 
(4) Mary Ewing, b. April 29, 1799; d. June 10, 1880 (81y.) ; m., 
Nov. 18, 1824, Elisha Coombs of Brunswick, Me. 
(5) Isaac; Albert; James Allen; Lydia Raymond; Matilda; 
John Henry; Abijah William. 



CHAPTER II. 

Records of the second child of Thomas Merryman and 
Sarah Bailey: 

(3) Thomas Merryman, b. 1765; d. Jan. 19, 1827 (62y.) ; m., April 

12, 1786, Mary Melcher^, b. Brunswick, Me., 1766; d. May 

10, 1839 (73y.); daughter of Ancestor Joseph Melcheri of 

Brunswick, Me., and Mary Cobb. 

(4) Timothy Merryman, b. Nov. 16, 1786; d. Mercer, 111., 

April 19, 1873. "He was a faithful member of the Bap- 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 7 

tist church at Moline, 111., and his children united with 
that church. He was rather a stout man, about five feet, 
eight inches, in height. A steady-going, hard-working 
man, and not very much of a talker. In Maine he was a 
ship carpenter by trade. He enlisted in the 1812 War. 
He was either an oflRcer or had the promise of being one. 
His old record was well kept in the Illinois home. The 
war closed before he could do any service. Soon after 
his marriage he moved to Chesterville, Me., and all of 
his children were born in that town. 

"In November, 1837, he moved to a farm in Mercer 
County, 111., at Richland Grove on the Edwards River. 
On the stream he built a sawmill, which he and his boys 
ran in connection with the farm, mostly sawing hard- 
wood lumber for themselves and their neighbors." 

One who lived near says: "I had reason to feel proud 
of our relation to Timothy Merryman, as I glance back 
over the early settlement of Illinois. I was acquainted 
with each member of the family and knew their sterling 
qualities as pioneers in that great state, where they were 
always found on the side of the church and school and 
the building up of society and good citizenship. As most 
of the family were good vocal and instrumental musi- 
cians, they helped in scores of ways. The family was 
one of excellent habits. All the children had strong con- 
stitutions and lived to a good old age., They were sturdy 
Republicans." 

The son, Timothy Dunning Merryman, of Los Angeles, 
Cal., says of the trip to Illinois: "In 1837,v my mother, 
brothers, Ira and David, and sisters, Thirza and Eliza- 
beth, and myself, started from Chesterville, Me., in a 
two-horse wagon. At Wheeling, Va., mother, brother 
Ira and sister Thirza, took a steamboat down the Ohio 
River and up the Mississippi to Rock Island, 111., while 
Elizabeth, David and myself kept on by land to our new 
home. So I have traveled the whole breadth of the con- 
tinent with team and wagon." 

Timothy Merryman m., June 23, 1812, Elizabeth Dun- 
ning*, b. Brunswick, Me., Wednesday, June 12, 1789; d. 
in Illinois Oct. 15, 1853; daughter of David Dunning"- and 
Elizabeth Hunt; granddaughter of Lieut. James Dun- 
ning-, b. in England 1C91; d. Brunswick, Me., June 8, 
1752; great-granddaughter of Ancestor Andrew Dunningi 
and Susan Bond, 



8 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(5) Albert Dunning Merryman, b. Chesterville, Me., Satur- 
day, Nov. 7, 1812; d. Dec. 22, 1892; m., in Chesterville, 
Me., Aug. 25, 1836, Jane Patten, b. Wells, Me.; d. Sept. 
17, 1905 (94y., 3m., 12d.) ; she went to Illinois just after 
the Black Hawk War and did not see the face of a 
white woman for months, as the nearest neighbors 
were miles away. 
(6) Emily Merryman, b. Richland Grove Township, Mer- 
cer County, 111., Sept. 9, 1837; resides Asheville, N. 
C; m., Thursday, Dec. 13, 1860, at 7 o'clock p. m., 
Samuel Gowans Chancy, b. Chesterville, Me., Sept. 
9, 1837; son of Joslah Chancy and Elizabeth Gowens. 
He learned the carpenter's trade of his father, who 
was a shipbuilder at Portland, Me.; worked at this 
about twenty years of his life; he was a hardware 
merchant for 12 years in Nebraska. He says, "I have 
improved all opportunities of preaching the Gospel, 
first as a Wesleyan Methodist, then as a Congrega- 
tionalist, and now as a Seventh Day Adventist." 
(7) Albert S. Chancy, b. Oct. 4, 1862; d. Oct. 1, 1863. 
(7) Mary A. Chancy, b. Jan. 1, 1867; resides near Boise 
City, Idaho;, m., June 26, 1884, Benjamin H. Mc- 
Grew of Ainsworth, Neb. He resides on a fruit 
farm, but does a large abstract business. 
(7) John Albert Chancy, b. at Bluff Township, 111., Aug. 
14, 1869; has been a very devoted missionary in 
Africa; last of all in Matabeleland, South Africa, 
as a Seventh Day Adventist. 
(7) Frank Lawrence Chancy, b. Sanders County, Neb., 
April 7, 1872; with his wife doing noble missionary 
work at Asheville, N. C; m., at Battle Creek, Mich., 
April 29, 1897, Bertha C. Shanks. 
<7) Arvilla Jane Chancy, b. Wahoo, Neb., June 25, 1881. 
(6) Amanda Merryman, b. June 25, 1839; d. Jan. 30, 1855. 
(6) Joseph Perry Merryman, b. Sept. 28, 1840; d. July 3, 

1842. 
(6) Henry Merryman, b. Jan. 6, 1843; farmer; resides 
New Windsor, 111.; m., Dec. 29, 1870, Flora T. Peters, 
b. Erie, 111., July 25, 1850; d. March 30, 1902; daugh- 
ter of Jerome Peters and Fidelia . 

(7) Winifred Merryman, b. April 3, 1872; d. Sept. 24, 

1872. 
(7) Ethel Lunette Merryman, b. July 16, 1873; m., Aug. 
29, 1900, Rev. J. C. Huffman. 
(8) Helen M. Huffman, b. Dec. 17, 1902. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 9 

(7) Harry Leslie Merryman, b. March 25, 1875; farmer; 
m., Jan. 18, 1905, Mary E. Garrett. 

(7) Bertha May Merryman, b. Feb. 15, 1877. 

(7) Lora Edith Merryman, b. Sept. 5, 1878. 

(7) Edna Aurilla Merryman, b. Sept. 8, 188G; teacher. 

(7) Clarence Winfield Merryman, b. Feb. 24, 1891. 
(6) Dr. Thomas J. Merryman, b. May 31, 1845; resides Lin- 
coln, Neb. In his boyhood days he worked on the 
farm in the summer and attended the district school 
in the winter; in 18G3 went to Moline, 111., to attend 
school; April 2, 18G5, united with the Baptist church 
at Moline, 111.; in March, 18G6, began the study of 
medicine with Dr. R. F. Baker of Moline, 111.; Oct., 
18GG, went to Chicago (111.) Medical School; Feb. 27, 
18G8, graduated from Hahnemann Medical College; 
March, 18G9, graduated from New York City Homeo- 
pathic Medical College; April, 18G9, located at Aledo, 
111.; 1887, moved to Nebraska City, Neb.; 1889, 
located at University Place, near Lincoln, Neb.; m. 
(first), Nov. 10, 18G9, at New York City, Abbie Jen- 
nie Utter, who d. April 6, 1881; m. (second), Aug. 15, 
1882, Lillie A. Wingate. 

Children of first wife: 

(7) Edith Alberta Merryman, b. March 25, 1871; d. Aug. 

5, 1871. 
(7) Amy Patten Merryman, b. May 7, 1874. 
(7) Cheever H. Merryman, b. July 2G, 1877; d. May 5, 

1881. 
(7) William Albert Merryman, 1). Sept. 12, 1879. 
Child of second wife: 

(7) Ethel Merryman, b. Oct. IG, 1888; d. May 30, 1889. 
(cTwrn. Albert Merryman, b. Sept. 7, 1847; d. Oct. 11, 1856. 
(G) Ann Elizabeth Merryman, b. March 2, 1850; d. Jan. 30, 

1855. 
(G) Sidney B. Merryman, b. Sept. 13, 1852; resides Melrose, 
Fla. ; has been a farmer in Illinois, Nebraska and 
North Dakota; m., 1877, Rose Etta Merrymans, b. St. 
» Albans, Me., April 19, 1857; daughter of Thomas 

Merryman^ and Hannah Ann Rollins; she was a very 
successful teacher in Illinois. 
(7) Vincent Leroy Merryman, b. June 24, 1878. 
(7) Wilbur Lyle Merryman, b. Feb. 23, 1880; d. March 

27, 1880. 
(7) Anne Jeannette Merryman, b. Oct. 31, 1881. 



10 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(7) Albert Sidney Merryman, b. June 17, 1884. 

(7) Rosa Mabel Merryman, b. July 31, 1885; d. Sept. 10, 

1886. 
(7) Marian Thomas Merryman, b. June 1, 1888; d. Nov. 
2G, 1888. 
(6) Marion Josiah Merryman, b. May 7, 185G; resides near 
Windsor, 111.; he owns the old homestead farm to 
which his grandfather moved in 1837; buyer and 
shipper of stock; m. Mamie A. Watson, b. North Eng- 
lish, Iowa, Jan. 2, 1859. 
(5) Almira Ross Merryman, b. Chesterville, Me., Wednesday, 
March 19, 1815; d. Jan. 22, 18C3; m. April 4, 1839, 
Parker Tenney, b. New Ipswich, N. H., Aug 14, 
1808; d. Dec. 1, 1857. He moved, Oct., 1836, from 
Lempster, N. H., to Oxford, Ohio; then to a home on a 
farm at Preemption, 111. By trade a cooper; justice of 
the peace; a man of sterling qualities without the least 
ostentation; his home was a most hospitable one; son 
of Joseph Parker Tenney; grandson of Samson Tenney 
and Sarah Parker of New Ipswich, N. H. 
(6) Samson Merryman Tenney, b. March 2, 1841; resides 
at Ida Grove, Iowa; served nearly three years in the 
Civil War, and was honorably discharged; farmer; 
m., March 24, 1875, Anna Baker. 
(7) Louise May Tenney, b. Sept. 11, 1876; a fine pianist 

and music teacher. 
(7) Edgar Lamont Tenney, b. Feb. 8, 1879; schoolteacher. 
(7) Charles Parker Tenney, b. Nov. 13, 1882. 
(7) Florence Baker Tenney, b. Jan. 21, 1888. 
(6) Joseph Parker Tenney, b. Dec. 13, 1842; d. March 16, 

1843. 
(6) Sarah Luellen Tenney, b. March 27, 1844; m. 1866, 
John Jacob Krause, b. Ida Grove, Iowa; d. March 9, 
1889; farmer; soldier in the Civil War. 
(7) Penilla Maria Krause, b. Dec. 19, 18GG; teacher; m., 

Feb., 1890, Fred Usher. 
(7) William Sampson Krause, b. Jan. 3, ISGS; d. in in- 
fancy. 
(7) Ora Luellen Krause, b. Oct. 9, 1870; teacher; m., 

Dec, 1898, George Sabin. 
(7) Jennie L. Krause, b. Dec. 19, 1872; m., Nov. 26, 1890, 

E. A. Bailey. 
(7) Mary Maud Krause, b. March 13, 1876; teacher. 
(7) Clara Almira Krause, b. Oct. 24, 1878; teacher. 
(7) Clarence Tenney Krause, b. April 25, 1882. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 11 

(6) Mary Elizabeth Tenney, b. Jan. 13, 184G; d. Feb. 17, 
1872; m., Dec. 25, 18G7, Dr. James S. Roseberry of 
Rock Island, 111. 
(7) Fred Sampson Roseberry, b. Oct. 11, 18G8. 
(7) Frank Tenney Roseberry, b. July 2, 1870. 
(7) Mary Philena Roseberry, b. Jan. 3, 1872; d. Aug., 
1872. 
(6) Maria Jeannette Tenney, b. Feb. 22, 1848. 
(6) Lyman Laurie Tenney, b. April 5, 1850; fai-mer; re- 
sides Ida Grove, Iowa. 
(6) Josephine Turner Tenney, b. Nov. 27, 1852; d. Nov. 17, 

1870. 
(6) Philena Maria Tenney, b. Oct. 10, 1854; d. Nov. 15, 1870. 
(6) Jenny Lind Tenney, b. May 19, 1857; resided Cam- 
bridge, 111.; now at Alhambra, Cal.; m. (first), Nov. 
2G, 1879, Samuel M. Bristol, who d. Nov. 30, 1885; 
farmer; m. (second). May 8, 1897, Horace Van 
Briggs. 
Child of first husband: 

(7) Arba Martin Bristol, b. May 7, 1883; d. Nov. 22, 1885. 

(6) Thirza Lovina Tenney, b. Oct. 11, 1859; d. Nov. 20, 1870. 

(5) Thomas Merryman, b. Chesterville, Me., Wednesday, 

April 23, 1817; d., Moline, 111., June 1, 1899; settled at 

Moline, Rock County, 111.; m. (first), in Maine, March 

14, 1841, Mary E. Chancy, who d. Feb. 6, 1872. 

(6) Frances Emma Merryman, b. Berwick, Me., Aug. 25, 

1842; d. Millersburgh, 111., Nov. 18, 1880; m., at 

Richland Grove, 111., Aug. G, 18C2, Joseph David Strat- 

ton, b. Wilmington, Ohio, April 9, 1839; son of David 

Stratton and Harriet Hinman; he is a canvasser for 

fruit trees; made his permanent home at Kewanee, 

111. 

(7) Clarence Merryman Stratton, b. Millersburg, 111., 

Sept. 17, 18G3; d. Sept. 4, 18G5. 
(7) Ora Amanda Stratton, b. July 28, 18G5; m., June 1, 
1892, William Edgar Sweet, b. Kewanee, 111., Jan. 
10, 18G7; he is superintendent in Maleable Iron 
Works. 
(8) Ralph Edgar Sweet, b. Jan. 27, 1894. 
(7) Frank Paul Stratton, b. Jan. 10, 1867; clerk in dry 
goods store, Aledo, 111.; m., Oct. 23, 1895, Bird Mar- 
quis, b. Aledo, 111., Oct. 10, 18G7; daughter of 

Thomas A. Marquis and Martha -^ . 

(8) Frances Jean Marquis, b. Jan. 27, 1897. 
(8) George Marquis, b. Sept. 27. 1898. 



12 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(7) George Chancy -Stratton, b. Sept. 3, 1868; m., March 
27, 1895, Bessie Palmer, b. Kewanee, 111., Feb. 14, 
1873; daughter of Aaron Palmer and Prudence 



(8) Frank Palmer Stratton, b. April 7, 1896. 
(8) Genevieve Stratton, b. Dec. 29, 1897. 
(7) Ralph Waverly Stratton, b. Sept. 15, 1875; d. Aug. 

8, 1876. 

(7) Lillie May Stratton, b. Dec. 24, 1878; d. Jan. 18, 1879. 

(6) Arvilla Blodgett Merryman, b. Portsmouth, N. H., Oct. 

13, 1846; d. Aledo, 111., Feb. 24, 1889; m., Nov. 13, 

1864, Samuel Wharton, b. May 22, 1836, at Zanesville, 

Ohio; agent for Barker's Insurance Co.; son of Jacob 

Wharton and Mary Richard. 

(7) Willard Allen Wharton, b. Millersburgh, 111., Jan. 1, 

1867; farmer near Phoenix, Ariz.; m., about 1892, 

at Aledo, 111., Jessie M. Edvi^ards, daughter of John 

Edwards and Mary . 

(8) Mary Edwards Wharton, b. Dec, 1896. 
(7) Nellie Maria Wharton, b. June 9, 1870; m., 1892, B.' C. 
Hollingsworth, a jeweler at Aledo, 111. 
(8) Shore Wharton Hollingsworth, b. April 10, 1893. 
(8) Loren Hollingsworth, b. 1895. 
(8) Chancy Hollingsworth, b. Oct., 1896. 
(7) Louis Leroy Wharton, b. Aledo, 111., Dec. 24, 1874; 

life insurance agent. 
(7) Lorena Lota Wharton, b. Sept. 17, 1876. 
(7) Mary Louise Wharton, b. July 11, 1880. 
(7) James Frederic Wharton, b. March 28, 1882. 
(6) Lillie May Merryman, b. May 9, 1858. 
(5) David Dunning Merryman, b. Chesterville, Me., Wed- 
nesday, May 12, 1819; d. March 28, 1891; m. (first), 
Phrebe Hibben; (6) Two children; m. (second), May 



Children of second wife: 

(6) Four children of this second marriage are all alive. 

(6) Franscena; Nelson; Florence; Perry; George; Charles; 

Frank; Fannie. 

(5) Joseph Melcher Merryman, b. Chesterville, Me., Tuesday, 

Jan. 1, 1822; d. June 10, 1904. He moved from Maine 

to Illinois when about 15 years old; attended school at 

Rock Island, 111.; worked at the carpenter's trade. His 

home was in Moline, 111., from 1844 to 1853. He was 

th'en on a farm at Mercer County, Illinois, for a few 

years; then worked at his trade in Moline, 111., until 



MERRYMAN GENE.VLOGY. 13 

1872; then remained on the farm until 1883; after that 
he lived in Denver, Col. His was truly an honorable 
and successful life, in which he won the love and 
respect of all who knew him. M. (first), March IG, 
1847, Angeline L. Bartlett, b. Bergen, N. Y., Feb. 27, 
1827; d. June IG, 18G1; daughter of William Culver 
Bartlett and Catherine Culver; m. (second), Harriet 
Amanda Bartlett, b. Preble, N. Y., April 2, 1833; d. 
April 22, 1874; sister of the first wife. 
Children of first wife: 

(6) Helen Maria Merryman, b. Moline, 111., Oct. 4, 1848; 
d. Jan. 25, 1898; m., March 19, 18G7, at Port Byron, 
111., James G. Hartzell, b. Dec. 18, 1839; resides 
Golden, Col. 
(7) Lester James Hartzell, b. Jefferson County, Col., 
March 21, 1871; resides Phillipsburg, Mont.; grad- 
uated, June 11, 1895, from School of Mines, Golden, 
Col.; chief chemical assayer of the Granite Bime- 
tallic Mining Company; assistant professor of 
chemistry, Montana State School of Mines, Butte, 
Mont.; m., Dec. 31, 1S9G, Emma Hocking, b. March 
29, 1876, daughter of Simeon Hocking. 
(8) Lester James Hartzell, Jr., b. Feb. 29, 1904. 
(7) Harry L. Hartzell, b. Jefferson County, Col., Dec. 19, 

1875; farmer at Golden, Col. 
(7) Roy Allen Hartzell, b. Jefferson County, Col., July 
6, 1881. 
(6) May Louise Merryman, b. Moline, 111., Aug. 11, 1850; 
resides 2127 W. 4Gth Street, Denver, Col.; a very 
successful teacher; m., Dec. 22, 1878, R. S. Allen, an 
editor, now mining and reporting on mines at Silver 
City, New Mexico. 
(6) Lester Pearl Merryman, b. Moline, 111., March 1, 1852; 
m., Aug. 17, 1877, at Trenton, Nev., Ellen Johnson. 
He is agent of the North American Trading & Trans- 
portation Company, with trading quarters at Eagle 
City, Alaska. He made a trip to Dawson in the fall 
of 189G, braving the dangers of the overland trip from 
Skagway via the Chilcoot Pass. 
(7) Laura Elizabeth Merryman, b. Aug. 5, 1882. 
(7) Edith Merryman (dead). 
(7) Lynn Merryman. 
(G) Eliza Ann Merryman, b. Richland Grove, 111., July 23, 
1854; resides at Fort Logan, Col.; m., Nov. 2G, 1SG9, 
W. C. Henry, formerly of Denver, Col. 



14 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(7) Laura Ella Henry, b. Denver, Col., Oct. 3, 1880. 

(7) Carl Henry, b. Golden, Col., Aug. 22, 1882. 

(7) Mary Frances Henry, b. Jefferson County, Colorado, 

Dec. 1, 1883. 
(7) Blossom Henry, b. March 1, 1885. 
(7) Annie Merryman Henry, b. May 24, 1886. 
(7) Francis Joseph Henry, b. July 23, 1889. 
(7) William Charles Henry, b. Nov. IG, 1894. 
(G) Emily Elizabeth Merryman, b. Richland Grove, 111., 
Feb. 25, 185G; resides at Rivola Township, 111.; m., 
Jan. 29, 1886, William Nelson Powell, b. Rivola Town- 
ship, 111., May 15, 1858. 
(7) Still A. Powell, b. Dec. 5, 1881; d. Sept. 3, 1882. 
(7) Harry Nelson Powell, b. May 19, 1883. 
(7) Archie Edwin Powell, b. Aug. 28, 1890. 
(6) Thirza Irene Merryman, b. Richland Grove, 111., Jan. 
5, 1858; m., at Denver, Col., Joseph G. Schnell of 
Golden, Col. 
(6) Edwin Joseph Merryman, b. Mercer County, Illinois, 

July G, 1859; m. Mary Louise Gilman. 
(G) Angeline Rosalia Merryman, b. Mercer County, Illinois, 
April 23, 1861; resides Canon City, Col.; a fine 
teacher. 
Children of the second marriage of Joseph Melcher Merry- 
man: 
(6) Olive Winnifred Merryman, b. Dec. 19, 18G7; d. May 11, 

18G8. 
(G) Herbert Eugene Merryman, b. Moline, 111., Oct. 2, 1869; 
resides Cripple Creek, Col.; graduated at School of 
Mines, Golden, Col.; an engineer of mines and 
mining; m., at Denver, Col., 1895, Mary A. Putnam of 
Denver, Col. 
(7) Angeline Louise Merryman, b. Oct., 1897. 
(5) Elizabeth Merryman, b. Chesterville, Me., Monday, June 
7, 1824; d. July 29, 1849; m., Nov. 25, 1842, Edwin 
Littlefield of Canton, 111., 
(6) The children all died in infancy — Olive; Frank; Eme- 
line and Edwin. 
(5) Timothy Dunning Merryman, b. Chesterville, Me., Jan. 
11, 1827; resides 820 Hivver Street, Los Angeles, Cal.; 
m., Dec. 1, 18G4, Mary Manning. 
(6) The adopted daughter, Nellie Littlefield, is a young 
- lady of strong Christian character. 
(See Note 1 for Mr. T. D. Merryman's account of his trip across 
the plains to California in 1853.) 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. ' 15 

(5) Ira Merryman, b. Sept. 25, 1829; a farmer at Pickering, 
Mo. He went to California in 1853, driving an ox team 
across the plains; worked by the day and month for 
six months; then in the mines for three years; returned 
to the Mercer County. Illinois, farm, fall of 1857; in 
1870 moved to Missouri; m., Sept. 15, 1858, Jane Wood, 
b. Madison, Ohio, Oct. 28, 1835; a fine Christian woman; 
daughter of Jonathan Wood and Lydia Sullivan. 
(6) Thirza Clariuda Merryman, b. Dec. 15, 1859; m. John 
W. Await. 
(7) Nellie Await, b. Jan. 1, 1880. 
(7) Frank Leslie Await, b. Nov. 11, 1889. 
(6) Andrew J. Merryman, b. Jan. 12, ISGl; m.. May 29, 
1897, in Euros, Col., Ruby Norris. 
(7) Lillie T. Merryman. b. April 5, 1898. 
(6) Dora Merryman, b. Oct. 19, 18G2; resides Denver, Col.; 

dressmaker and milliner. 
(6) Lydia Cora Merryman, b. July 25, 1864; dressmaker 

and milliner at Denver, Col. 
(6) Ida Alma Merryman, b. June 8, 18GG; resides near 

Galma, Kan.; m., 1881, Enoch Tucker. 
(6) David Orrin Merryman, b. July 23, 18G8; was a miner 

at Butte, Montana; then went to Eagle City, Alaska. 
(G) Ira Clinton Merryman, b. June 20, 1870. 
(G) Mary Ella Merryman, b. Oct. 29, 1872. 
(5) Thirza Ann Judson Merryman, b. Chesterville, Me., Jan. 
14, 1833; resides 1821 Gth Avenue, Moline, 111.; m., in 
Moline, 111., Jan. 1, 18G1, Robinson Nye, son of Joseph 
and Mary Freeman"; b. Fairfield, Me., Aug. 7, 1827; 
contractor and builder. 
(6) Elizabeth May Nye, b. Moline, 111., Dec. 25, 18G3; has 
resided at 2324 Pleasant Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn., 
for some years; m., Oct. 20, 1888, John H. McEnery; 
he is a grain and commission merchant. 
(7) Dale Robert McEnery, b. July 13, 1890. 
(7) Mildred Ann McEnery, b. March 21, 1893. 
(6) Robert Nye, b. Nov. 20, 18G7; graduated Golden, Col., 
School of Mines, 1897, as a mining engineer; was for 
sometime at Boise City, Idaho; then 85 miles from 
there with a mining company; resides Grass Valley, 
Cal.; m., July 12, 1904, Lillian Emerich; b. Quincy, 
111., Oct. 2, 1873; daughter of Henry Emerich and 
Caroline Ruff. 
(6) Wilfrid Curtis Nye, b. Jan. 1, 1871; resides 321 East 
25th Street, Minneapolis, Minn.; for six years worked 



16 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

in the office of a lumbering'company at Moline, 111.; 
moved to Minneapolis, 1898, and is bookkeeper with 
the Washburn-Crosby Flour Company; m., April 22, 
1902, Clarice Findly; (7) son, b. April 13, 1905. 
(6) Carl Merryman Nye, b. March, 1874; in 1897 graduated 
from Illinois State University at Champaign, 111.; re- 
sides Moline, 111. 
"The above children are all good and filial; all members of 
churches; have paid their own way since graduating at the high 
school; in all ways they are children for which to be thankful." 
(4) Nathaniel Merryman, b. Oct. 25, 1788; d. April 10, 1876; 
farmer; lived at Oak Hill, Brunswick, Me.; m. (first), 
July 2, 1809, Nancy Woodside, b. July 25, 1789; d. Aug. 
13, 1830; daughter of William Woodside and Katherine 
Hidden; m. (second). Charity Matthews, b. Sept. 16, 1792; 
d. April 19, 1863; daughter of John Matthews and Re- 
becca Holbrook. 

Children of the first marriage: 

(5) George H. Merryman, b. Nov. 3, 1809; m. Elizabeth Page; 
on the death of their mother the children were quite 
widely scattered. 
(G) Nancy Merryman was adopted by Miss Nancy Prescott; 
she m. Freeman Lapham of Freeport, Me., and re- 
sides on a farm at Brunswick, Me. 
(7) Ralph Lapham. 
(6) Martha Merryman, deceased; m. Mr. Card; no children. 
(6) William Merryman. He went to sea and was not heard 

from. 
(6) Fred Merryman married and lived out West. 
(6) Charlie Merryman. 

(6) George Merryman, m. a Miss Wellington at Keene, 
N. H. 
(7) Two boys and one girl. 
(5) Susan W. Merryman, b. Sept. 6, 1811; d. May 21, 1886; m. 
(first), Reuben Murray; m. (second), his brother, John 
Murray, b. Oct. 11, 1818; d. Oct. 28, 1894. He was a 
farmer and mechanic at Oak Hill, Brunswick, Me. 
(6) Hannah Murray, b. Oct. 16, 1838; d. Oct. 10, 1839. 
(6) Charles G. Murray, b. May 2, 1841; d. Feb. 9, 1899; m., 
Jan. 12, 1869, Maria E. Toothaker of Brunswick, Me., 

daughter of John Toothaker and Ellen . 

(7) Mabel E. Murray, b. Jan. 6, 1873. 
(6) Palmer Tobie Murray, b. May 28, 1844; tailor at Me- 
chanic Falls, Me.; m. (first). May 17, 1874, Ida F. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 17 

Moore, who d. at Sioux Falls, S. D., May 27, 1889, 
daughter of Wm. Moore of Mechanic Falls and Mary 

E. ; m. (second), Sept. 9, 1893, Mrs. Jennie 

Aubens Brown, nee Lunt, b. New York City, July 31, 
1850; daughter of James Lunt and Sarah H. Wood- 
side of Brunswick, Me. 
(6) Alfred Merryman Murray, b. July IC, 184G; resides 
Brunswick, Me.; dealer in long and short ladders; 
m., Feb. 17, 1875, Vina Estelle Prince, b., Cumberland, 
Me., June 19, 1851; daughter of James E. Prince and 
Hannah Hicks. 
(7) Minnie Belle Merryman, b. March 18, 1876; m., Oct. 
14, 1903, William Henry Mace; grocer. 
(8) Ida Francis Mace, b. Dec. 19, 1904. 
(7) Susan Lena Merryman, b. March IS, 1887. 
(5) Henry Merryman, b. April 10, 1813; d. June 14, 1841. 
(5) William Merryman, b. April 29, 1815; d. April 22, 1832. 
(5) Mary F. Merryman, b. May 28, 1817; d. Bath, Me. 

(6) Thomas Emery Morse, b. June 1, 1847; blacksmith and 
farmer; in Colorado, 1882-94; m., July, 1880, Ellen 
Wilson, b. Brunswick, Me., Nov. 1, 1852; daughter 
of John Wilson and Susan Gummer. 
(7) Susan Evelyn Morse, b. Dec. 8, 1881; graduated 
Brunswick, Me., High School, 1901; bookkeeper. 
(6) Angeline E. Morse, b. Oct. 28, 1838; resides Pennell- 
ville, Brunswick, Me.; m., Nov. 11, 1871, Capt. Fran- 
cis E. Otis, b. Jan. 30, 1834. 
(7) Grace Idella Otis, b. May 15, 1872. 
(6) Joseph Edwin Morse, b. Sept. 2, 1840; carpenter at 
Bath, Me.; m. (first), 1861, Rose James of Brunswick, 
Me., who d. soon after her marriage; daughter of 
Samuel James and Harriet; m. (second), Aug. 11, 
1871, Olive Sackett of Springfield, Mo.; m. (third), 
Frances Stevens of Bath, Me. 

Children of second wife: 

(7) Rose E. Morse, b. June 3, 1872; m., June 5, 1892, 
Israel Leavitt of East Harpswell, Me. 
(8) Bertie Leavitt, b. June 22, 1893. 

(7) Edwin Emery Morse, b. Feb. 17, 1873; m., June 17, 
1899, Alice Pero. 

(7) Charles Lewis Morse, b. Nov. 13, 1875. 

(7) Albert Morse, b. May 8, 1877. 

(7) Jessie Morse, b. Nov. 3, 1878. 

(7) Lena Otis Morse, b. Dec. 19, 1879. 

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18 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(7) Nellie Morse, b. March 30, 1882. 
(7) Olive Morse, b. June 21, 1884. 
Children of third wife: 

(7) James Lincoln Morse, b. May 26, 1892. 
(7) Fanny May Morse, b. Nov. 30, 1893. 
(7) Lottie Morse, b. Dec. 26, 1896. 
(7) Belle Morse, b. April 17, 1899. 
(6) Llewellyn Morse, b. Sept. 17, 1842; sailor, miner and 
farmer; resided on the old Morse homestead at Bun- 
ganuc, Brunswick, Me.; m. Addie Hall of Auburn, 
Me. 
(6) Mary Louise Morse, b. Aug. 13, 1844; d. May 25, 1861. 
(6) Thomas Emery Morse, b. June 1, 1846; blacksmith and 
farmer; resides Bunganuc, Me.; m. Ellen "Wilson, b. 
Brunswick, Me. 

(7) Susie Evelyn Morse, b. — . 

(6) Jeannette Helen Morse, b. Dec. 15, 1851; resides 44 S 
Street, Bath, Me.; m. (first), Jan. 18, 1877, Samuel 
Elliott, a sailor; m. (second). May 30, 1888, Charles 

Thompson of Bath, Me., b. . 

(7) Willard Edgar Elliott, b. Oct. 22, 1877. 
(7) Harry Ernest Thompson, b. April 10, 1889. 
(5) Nancy Merryman, b. July 10, 1819; d. March 24, 1889; m., 
Dec. 24, 1838, James R. Barker, b. April 2, 1815; d. Feb. 
14, 1897 (81y., 11m.) ; a carpenter at Brunswick, Me. 
(6) Maria Ellen Barker, b. Oct. 18, 1838; d. Oct. 13, 1840. 
(6) Henry M. Barker, b. Feb. 14, 1841; d. June 9, 1873; 
joiner; lived at Brunswick, Me., and Chai'lestown, 
Mass.; m. Fannie Gale. 
(7) Henry Gale Barker, resides Gardiner, Me. 
(7) George S. Gale Barker, resides Augusta, Me. 
(7) Walter Barker, resides Bath, Me. 
(6) Ellen Barker, b. Feb. 7, 1845; d. Aug. 28, 1846. 
(6) Harriet C. Barker, b. Oct. 8, 1847; resides North Yar- 
mouth, Me.; m., July 8, 1874, Rev. Jehiel S. Rich- 
ards, a Congregational minister; graduated Bowdoin 
College, 1872; Bangor, Me., Theological Seminary, 
1877; has preached at Dexter, Waterford, Deer Isle 
and other Maine towns. 
(7) Roy C. Richards, b. July 6, 1876; d. Dec. IS, 1881. 
(7) Annie G. Richards, b. Jan. 19, 1880. 
(6) James R. Barker, b. April 20, 1851; d. Nov. 21, 1880; 

sailor; m. Miss Nickerson of Brunswick, Me. 
(6) Wm. H. Barker, b. July 2, 1855; resides 256 Dover 
Street, Boston, Mass.; fire alarm department. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 19 

(5) Nathaniel Merryman, b. April 25, 1821; d. Dec. 24, 1879. 
(5) Thomas Merryman, b. June 24, 1823; d. Feb. 9, 1847. 
(.5) Capt. Alfred Hayden Merryman, b. Brunswick,, Me., July 
18, 1825; d. Dec. 27, 188G; m., Nov. 7, 1859, Mary L. 
Forsaith, b. Brunswick, Me., Nov. 25, 1837; daughter 
of Rodney Forsaith and Eliza Curtiss. He worked on 
his father's farm until he was about 16 years old; then 
was apprenticed to learn the ship carpenter's trade and 
worked thus two years; then went to sea as a ship's 
carpenter; on his second trip he shipped before the 
mast as a sailor; in seven years he had his commission 
as captain, and for about 20 years commanded vessels, 
establishing as good and clean a record as that of any 
man afloat. After he retired from the sea he was a 
director of the First National Bank at Brunswick, Me., 
until his death. He was a great reader and active in 
all things which would help his native town. 
(6) William Curtis Merryman, b. Brunswick, Me., March 
23, 18G1; resides, 1913 Amsterdam Avenue, New York 
City, N. Y.; graduated Bowdoin College, 1882; one 
year of special study at Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, Boston, Mass. In the spring of 1883 he 
began work in the engineering department of the St. 
Paul (Minn.) water works, where he was employed 
in city engineer's office, the first two years in the 
bridge department and the next year in the street 
and paving department, having charge of the con- 
struction department most of the time. In 1890 he 
commenced an independent practice as a civil engi- 
neer and continued until 1896, doing business in 
almost all branches of engineering in the Northwest; 
he also became well known in court circles, often 
being employed as an expert witness. In the summer 
of 1896 he was employed in locating the Yorktown & 
Norfolk Railroad, and in the fall accepted a position 
as assistant bridge builder engineer for the Great 
Northern Railroad. Since 1898 he has been a civil 
engineer in New York City, having charge of much 
building for the rapid transit road, underground. 
Rapid Transit Subway Construction Co.; m., Jan. 3, 
1888, Mary Manning Sylvester, b. Portland, Me., Oct. 
13, 1863; graduated St. Catherine's Hall, Augusta, 
Me., 1883; daughter of Dr. Silas Edward Sylvester 
and Helen Marian Lamont of Brunswick, Me. 



20 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(7) Alfred Palmer Merryman, b. St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 4, 
1890; public schools of St. Paul and New York 
City; a boy of sterling qualities. 
(7) Helen Lament Merryman, b. St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 8, 
1891; St. Paul and New York schools. 
(G) Belle Vernard Merryman, b. March 28, 1864; resides 
Brunswick, Me.; graduated Brunswick (Me.) high 
school, 1883; m., Aug. 13, 1890, Dr. Gilbert Molleson 
Elliott, b. Newhaven, N. Y., March 26, 1867; sou of 
Richard Bullock Elliott and Letitia Hossett; Colum- 
bia College, New York, A. B., 1886; A. M., 1890; New 
York College of Physicians and Surgeon's, 1889. 
(7) Mary Elliott, b. July 30, 1896. 
(7) Gilbert M. Elliott, Jr., b. Dec. 23, 1902. 
(5) Benjamin Merryman, b. June 7, 1829; d. April 27, 1830; 

son of the second marriage of Nathaniel Merryman. 
(5) Capt. Benjamin Sidney Merryman, b. Dec. 6, 1832; d.. 

Fair Haven, Ct., June 29, 1895; m. Coombs of 

Durham, Me. 
(5) Harvey M. Merryman, b. Feb. 16, 1835; resides Milwau- 
kee, Wis.; proprietor of Norman Cafe, 628 Grand Ave- 
nue; m. Betsy Wilson. 
(6) Egbert Smith Merryman, b. April 30, 1861; agent of 
Canada and Atlantic steamship line; m., in Mil- 
waukee, Wis., April 7, 1886, Barbara W. Davidson, b. 



(7) Sidney Thomas Merryman, b. June 15, 1890. 
(7) Louisa Merryman, b. March 3, 1894. 
(6) Alice Merryman, b. Feb. 28, 1864; d. Sept. 18, 1864. 
(4) James Merryman, b. March 30, 1791; d. April 13, 1868 
(77y.); he resided in Harpswell, Me., on what is known 
as the Wanton Merryman farm; m., May 9, 1815, Mary 
B. Merrymans, b. Aug. 6, 1789; d. Aug. 26, 1859 (70y.); 
the third child of Michael Merryman^ and Mary Bishop; 
granddaughter of Ancestor Walter Merrymani and Betsey 
Potter. 
(5) Belinda Merryman, b. Harpswell, Me., Sept. 10, 1816; 
d., Bowdoinham, Me., Oct. 28, 1871 (55y.) ; a devoted 
Christian and faithful wife; m., Aug. 6, 1859, James H. 
Chamberlain, b. Lebanon, Me., Oct. 20, 1805; d. April 
7, 1874; he m. (first), Lydia Alexander of Bowdoin, Me. 
(5) Freeman M. Merryman, b. July 9, 1818; d. July 26, 1886; 
ship carpenter and carriage maker; m., Sept. 12, 1850, 
Sarah J. Norton, who d. June 11, 1876 (47y., 7m.); 
daughter of Elder Noah Norton of Litchfield, Me. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 21 

(G) Elizabeth Merryman, b. 1S52; d. May 1, 1890; m., Oct. 
28, 1875, Frank A. Pennell, b. June 3, 1848; d. Oct. 
13, 1897. 
(7) Marian Norton Pennell, b. Aug. 19, 1876. 
(6) Frederick S. Merryman, b. 185G; d. May G, 1879, at 
Santa Clara, Cal.; single. 
(5) Abigail B. Merryman, b. May 29, 1820; d. Cape Eliza- 
beth, Me., Aug. 11, 1884 (64y.); m. (first), Sept. 24, 
1840, Capt. Wm. Stover of Harpswell, Me.; m. (second), 
Oct. IG, 1843, David Kincaid-i, b. Brunswick, Me., Aug. 2, 
1817; d. Aug. 20, 1878; house builder and renter; moved 
to Cape Elizabeth, Me., 1851; son of David Kincaids 
and Abigail Waldron; grandson of Ancestor Patrick 
Kincaidi and Mary Stanwood. 

Children of first wife: 

(G) Belinda Merryman Stover, b. Brunswick, Me., Sept. 2G, 
1841; resides Gardiner, Me.; m., Dec. 7, 18G5, Charles 
Dana York, b. Topsham, Me., July 7, 183G; painter; 
son of John York and Mary Holbrook; moved to 
Gardiner, Me., spring of 18G9. 
(7) Ida Albertina York, b. Dec. 2, 186G; m., Sept. 21, 
1898, Sylvester Campbell; resides Brunswick, Me. 
(8) Mary Belinda Campbell, b. Feb. 1, 1900. 
(7) David William Dennison York, b. Jan. 26, 1870; re- 
sides Arlington, Mass. 
(7) Belinda York, b. March 4, 1875; d. March 9, 1875. 
Children of second wife: 

(G) Mary M. Kincaid, b. Aug. 4, 1844; resides GG Manly 
Street, Auburn, Me.; m. Rev. Reuben D. Osgood of 
Bluehill, Me., who d. ; a successful Congre- 
gational minister. 
(7) Harriet Osgood, b. March 7, 1872; resides Berwick, 
Me.; m., June 23, 1897, Dr. Herbert Lord, who d. 
Dec. 21, 1898. 
(7) David Earle Osgood, b. July 10, 1874; resides ProB- 
port, Me.; m., July, 1898, Mary B. Ward of Free- 
port, Me. 
(7) Mabel E. Osgood, b. Aug. 25, j87G. 
(7) Abbie R. Osgood, b. Feb. 14, 1882 
(7) Grace F. Osgood, b. Dec. 30, 18S4. 
(G) William H. Kincaid, b. Sept. 1, 184G; resides South 
Portland, Me.; m. (first), March 12, 1866, Henrietta 
Sylvester; m. (second), Sept. 9, 1^89, Nellie M. Paige 
of Cape Elizabeth, Me. 



22 MEERYMAN GENEALOGY. 

Children of first wife: 

(7) James H. Kincaid, b. Feb. 22, 1808. 
(7) Willie R. Kincaid, b. Feb. 16, 1872. 
(7) Jessie A. Kincaid, b. July 1, 187G. 
(6) Harriet Peterson Kincaid, b. Oct. 7, 1852: d. Nov. 26, 
1902; resided South Portland, Me.; m., July 27, 1872, 
Capt. Andrew Wilson Smart, b. Swanville, Me., Apiil 
6, 1842; a successful captain; then United Slates 
engineer and inspector of river and harbor improve- 
ments; son of Reuben S. Smart and Almira Curtiss. 
(7) Fred Andrew Smart, b. May 22, 1875; Portland (Me.) 
High School, 1893; Brown University, 1898, A. B.; 
principal of Newcastle (Pa.) High School, 1899- 
1900; teacher of English at Tilton Seminary, Til- 
ton, N. H., since 1900; m., Aug. 20, 1901, Carrie 
Louise Webster, b. Portland, Me., May 31, 1875; 
daughter of Alfred Webster and Etta Phenix. 
(8) Elizabeth Webster Smart, b. Dec. 9, 1902. 
(7) Ada Almira Smart, b. Falmouth, Eng., Oct. 17, 1878; 

d. Talcuhanna, Chile, May 31, 1879. 
(7) Flores May Smart, b. off Flores Island, Azores, Sept. 

16, 1879; d. March 14, 1880. 
(7) Flores Isabel Smart, b. July 4, 1881; a fine teacher 

at South Portland, Me. 
(7) Harold Kincaid Smart, b. Jan. 4, 1883; with Emery, 

Waterhouse & Co., Portland, Me. 
(7) Margaret Montgomery Smart, b. Dec. 7, 1887. 
(7) Marcia Elizabeth Smart, b. Sept. 11, 1891. 
(6) Dr. David Ashley Kincaid, b. May 11, 1855; resides 
South Portland, Me.; graduated Bowdoin Medical 
College; m., 1878, Margaret Eden Montgomery. 
(7) Isabel Montgomery Kincaid, b. Sept. 8, 1888. 
(7) Abbie Margaret Kincaid, b. Aug. 4, 1890. 
(C) Frank Kincaid, b. July 30, 1857; farmer at Emporia, 

Kan. 

(6) Annie Josie Kincaid, b. June 23, 1865; resides South 

Portland, Me.; m., 1890, Willis H. Cole, an insurance 

agent. 

(5) Thomas Merryman, b. Harpswell, Me., Nov. 27, 1826; d. 

Brookline, Mass., July 3, 1892; house carpenter and 

builder; every stroke of his work was done thoroughly 

and honestly. He was a truly honorable, quiet and 

peaceable man; he moved to Massachusetts in 1850; m. 

(first), Feb. 23, 1850, Harriet Knights Merrymans, b. 



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MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 23 

Sept. 7, 1831; d. Roxbury, Mass., Aug. 15, 1873; daugh- 
ter of Capt. Enos Merryman^ and Hannah McManus -of 
Brunswick, Me.; m. (second), Nov. 27, 1874, Maria Nott 
Crocker of Wareham, Mass., who d. April, 1894. 
(6) Thomas P. Merryman, b. Portland, Me., July 13, 1851; 
resides 134 Walnut Street, Brockton, Mass. He 
faithfully worked on his grandfather's farm at 
Brunswick, Me., some years; went to Boston in 1861; 
graduated at Pierce Grammar School, Brookline, 
Mass., June, 18G7; worked for a wholesale wool firm 
in Boston; went to sea for awhile, and then worked 
at the carpenter's trade; for some years has worked 
for Stacy, Andrews & Co., Brockton, Mass., manufac- 
turers of men's fine shoes, and is an order clerk of 
fine ability; m., in Boston, Mass., Sept. 13, 1879, 
Annie E. McClosky, b. Bradford, Mass., Jan. 31, 1859; 
a faithful member of the Episcopal church at Haver- 
hill, Mass.; daughter of Patrick McClosky and Isabel 
Moore. JLrA 

(7) Fred Knights Merryman, b. Siy 5, 1881; graduated 
Brockton (Mass.) High School, 1900; entered Bos- 
ton School of Technology, Sept., 1900. 
(7) Hattie Belle Merryman, b. Jan. 8, 1883. 
(7) Fannie Bishop Merryman, b. April 11, 1885. 
(5) James Ira Merryman, b. May 12, 1831; farmer; moved 
to Scranton, la., Feb., 1879; m., Oct. 8, 1856, Mary 
Elizabeth Maxfield, b. Dec. 4, 1829; d. Scranton, la.. 
May 25, 1892; daughter of Andrew Maxfield and Sarah 
Merryman*. 
(6) Annie Merryman, b. Oct. 11, 1860; d. June 7, 1891, 
(6) Frank A. Merryman, b. March 8, 1864; farmer at 

Scranton, la. 
(6) Grace Merryman, b. June 11, 1869; resides at Scranton, 

la.; m., 1890, Arthur Smith. 
(6) Bertha Merryhian, b. Nov. 12, 1874; resides at Des 
Moines, la. 
(4) Mary Merryman, b. March 19, 1793; d. Jan. 21, 1827 (34y.); 
m. Capt. James Chase of Brunswick, Me. 
(5) Sarah G. Chase, single. 

(5) Mary Chase, b. Sept. 1, 1824; d. Portland, Me., July 25, 
1883; m., Oct. 18, 1848, Charles A. B. Morse, b. Haver- 
hill, Mass., Sept. 15, 1820; d. Nov. 4, 1886; merchant; 
son of Daniel Morse and Mary Chase. 
(6) Maria Albertina Morse, b. Portland, Me., Sept. 23, 
1849; d. March 24, 1853. 



24 MERKYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(G) Frederick Augustus Morse, b. Portland, Me., July 12, 

1852; d. Feb. 28, 1854. 
(G) Charles Frederick Morse, b. Portland, Me., July 8, 1854; 
accountant; m., June 22, 1881, Jennie Belle Sabin of 
Putney, Vt., b. Nov. 3, 1857, daughter of George 
Prentice Sabin and Harriet A. Shaw; resides 34 W 
Street, Portland, Me. 
(7) Mary Harriet Morse, b. Portland, Me., May 1, 1882. 
(7) Lillian Belle Morse, b. Portland, Me., Aug. 1, 1885. 
(G) James Herbert Morse, b. Portland, Me., Jan. 8, 1857; 
resides Syracuse, N. Y.; m., Nov. 15, 1882, Isabel 
Louisa Roberts of Portland, Me. 
(7) Marianne Albertina Morse, b. Maiden, Mass., July 
26, 1890. 
(G) Maria Albertina Morse, b. July 22, 1859; m., May 7, 
1884, Harry Lee Jones of Portland, Me. 
(7) Chester M. Morse, b. Nov. 19, 1891. 
(6) May Ellen Beal Morse, b. March 18, 18G6; d. Feb. 
22, 1868. 
(4) Elizabeth Merryman, b. Sept. G, 1796; d. July 22, 1839; 
m., as his first wife, Capt. Benjamin Woodside, b. Bruns- 
wick, Me., Nov. 29, 1797; d. Aug. 6, 1880; son of Vincent 
Woodside and Elizabeth Woodside; grandson of Vincent 
Woodside and Mary Lemont. 
(5) Thomas Barzillai Woodside, b. Feb. 29, 1829; d. Sept. 

22, 1854. 
(5) Anna Woodside, b. Dec. 15, 1830; m., Sept. 28, 1854, 
George Washington Means. 
(6) Cora Lizzie Means, b. March 19, 1858; m., Nov. 2, 1882, 
William Currier Russell, who d. June 19, 1884 (27y., 
3m.). 
(7) Alberta Russell, b. Sept. 30, 1883; d. June 7, 1893. 
(6) George Barzillia Means, b. Feb. 27, 1861. 
(5) John Averill Woodside, b. Feb. 11, 1832; d. March 28, 

1856. 
(5) May Elizabeth Woodside, b. Aug. 6, 1834; resides 16112 
Cross Street, Medford, Mass.; m., Jan. 27, 1859, Henry 
Seth Joyce, who d. March 24, 1887 (58y., 5m.). 
(6) Fred Averill Joyce, b. Oct. 31, 1859; m., Sept. 2, 1889, 
Cora Belle Ellington. 
(7) Fred Ellington Joyce, b. July 28, 1890. 
(7) Lester Monroe Joyce, b. Sept. 29, 1896. 
(7) Herbert Warren Joyce, b. Feb. 27, 1899. 
(6) Will Henry .Joyce, b. Jan. 19, 1862; m., Dec. 3, 1895, 
Hortense B. Thompson. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 25 

(7) Judith Woodside Joyce, b. Sept. 14, 1896. 
(7) Son, b. Sept. 13, 1S99. 
(6) Edwin Lincoln Joyce, b. July 15, 18G7. 
(5) Benjamin F. Woodside, b. July 6, 1S3G; d. Dec, 1839. 
(4) Capt. Thomas Merryman, b. Brunswick, Me., Aug. 28, 1798; 
d., St. Albans, Me., Jan. 1, 1874; farmer; resided at St. 
Albans, Me., many years; m. (first), Feb. 28, 182G, 
Martha Melcher, b. Brunswick, Me., Sept. 5, 1800; d. St. 
Albans, Me., March 10, 1841; daughter of Abner Melcher 
and Mary Hunt of Brunswick, Me.; m. (second), June 22, 
1842, Hannah Ann Rollins, b. St. Albans, Me., March 31, 
1820; d. Hannaford, N. D., March 21, 1898; daughter of 
Luther Rollins and Sarah Jane Church. 
Children of first wife: 

(5) Oliver Perry Merryman, b. July 21, 1827; resides Orono, 
Me.; schools of St. Albans and Dover, Me.; machinist; 
m., Jan. 4, 1857, Rebecca Swan Bennock, b. Orono, Me., 
July 16, 1836; daughter of John Bennock of Scotland 
and Marcia Eunice Atkinson. 
(6) George Perry Merryman, b. Bangor, Me., April 16, 
1860; resides 306 W. 54th Street; New York City; 
millwright; installs elevators, etc.; builder of hy- 
draulic and electric elevators; m., 1892, Alice Grace 
Morse, b. Forest Hills, Mass., April 2, 1863; daughter 
of Monroe M. Morse and Lucy Shaw Simes. 
(7) Charlotte Alice Merryman, b. Somerville, Mass., Jan. 

12, 1893. 
(7) George Swan Merryman, b. Somerville, Mass., May 
22, 1896. 
(6) Grace Swan Merryman, b. Bangor, Me., Sept. 6, 1864; 

bookkeeper; resides Orono, Me. 
(6) Arthur' Morris Merryman, b. Bangor, Me., March 16, 
1868; resides Concord, N. H.; copper cornice worker; 
m. Mary Blanche Blake, b. Framingham, Mass. 
(7) Carl Plummer Merryman, b. Jan. 18, 1893. 
(7) Roger Perry Merryman, b. May 19, 1895. 
(5) Nancy Angeline Merryman, b. St. Albans, Me., April 14, 
1829; m.. May 30, 1853, Hiram Church, b. Levant, Me., 
Dec. 20, 1811; d. Oct. 2, 1891; son of John Church and 
Hester Richards. 
(6) Flora Melcher Church, b. March 30, 1855; d. Bangor, 
Me., Aug. 28, 1886; m., June 11, 1884, Albert L. 
Atkins of Bangor, Me. 
(7) Gwendolin Flora Atkins, d. in infancy Aug. 25, 188(5. 



26 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(6) Harry Wilson Church, b. Levant, Me., May 13, 1857. 
(6) Charles Freemont Church, b. Levant, Me.. Feb. 26, 
ISGl; d. Levant, Me., Aug. 14, 1888; m., in Levant, 
Me., Oct. 8, 1887, Cora E. Turner of Glenburn, Me., 
who d. Jan. 11, 1890. 
(6) George Fred Church, b. Levant, Me., Oct. 16, 1864. 
(5) Thomas Merryman, b. Sept. 3, 1831; resides Northport, 
Me.; millman and mechanic. He .lived many years in 
Bangor, Me., and all his children were born there; 
m., Feb. 10, 1857, Rebecca S. Hall, b. Brookville, Pa., 
April 13, 1841; daughter of Samuel Hall and Rebecca 



(6) William Henry Merryman, b. July 10, 1859; went to 
Minnesota in 1879; dealer in hardware and lumber, 
Kerkhoven, Minn.; m., Feb. 26, 1883, Rachel Lien, b. 
Dec. 14, 1861. 
(7) Mabel Merryman, b. Feb. 15, 1883. 
(7) William Richard Merryman. b. July 10, 1886. 
(7) Ella Madora Merryman, b. Oct. 7, 1888; d. Oct. 31, 

1888. 
(7) Cora Amelia Merryman, b. Nov. 3, 1891. 
(7) Ruth Lillian Merryman, b. Feb. 12, 1895. 
(7) Thomas Walter Merryman, b. Dec. 29, 1897; d. Dec. 

21, 1898. 
(7) Gracie Rebecca Merryman, b. Dec. 19, 1899. 
(7) Wallice Merryman, b. July 21, 1903. 
(6) Charles Lincoln Merryman, b. Bangor, Me., June 17, 
1865; graduated Bangor, Me., Grammar School, 1881; 
went to Minnesota, May, 1891; a fine photographer at 
Kerkhoven, Minn.; m., April 7, 1901, Hulda Inge- 
burg Lindquist, b. Ostia Emtervick Bonas, Sweden, 
Sept. 24, 1880. 
(7) Infant son, b. Jan. 4, 1902; d. Jan. 7, 1902. 
(7) Harold Clifton Merryman, b. June 27, 1903. 
(6) Medorah Merryman, b. Aug. 4, 1867; resides North- 
port, Me.; m., June 1, 1888, Walter Clifton Mahoney, 
b. Northport, Me., Aug. 10, 1860; no children. 
(6) Franklin Merryman, b. Feb. 18, 1872; d. July 21, 1875. 
(6) Walter Merryman, b. Sept. 5, 1876; d. Oct. 5, 1893. 
(5) Joseph Merryman, b. April 16, 1834; resides Levant, Me.; 
m., July 27, 1858, Abbie C. Frees, b. Lagrange, Me., 
Sept. 25, 1836; daughter of Allan B. Frees and Electa 
Nason. 
(6) Annie M. Merryman, b. Levant, Me., Oct. 16, 1862. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 27 

(6) Emma E. Merryman, b. Feb. 21, 18G5. 
(5) Alfred Merryman, b. May 3, 183G; resides Levant, Me.; 

m., 18G4, Julia H. Bolton; no children. 
(5) May Ann Merryman, b. March 4, 1838; resides Levant, 

Me. 
Children of second marriage of Capt. Thomas Merryman with 

Hannah Ann Rollins: 
(5) Infant son, b. and d. Jan. 24, 1844. 

(5) Eben Rollins Merryman, b. Feb. 2, 1847; d. Jan. 13, 1851. 
(5) Sarah Jane Merryman, b. June 29, 1849; d. Jan. 18, 1851. 
(5) Martha Melcher Merryman, b. April 13, 1852; resides St. 
Albans, Me.; fine help with records; m., Oct. 28, 1875, 
Alfred Whitney Peaks, b. Athens, Me., Oct. 3, 1843; son 
of Benjamin Higgins Peaks and Grace Atwood. 
(6) Benjamin Alfred Peaks, b. March 5, 1878. 
(6) Lois Rollins Peaks, b. April 5, 1879. 
(6) Thomas Merryman Peaks, b. Feb. 19, 1886. 
(6) John Edwin Peaks, b. Sept. 15, 1888. 
(5) Infant son, b. and d. Aug. 2G, 1854. 
(5) Abner Merryman, b. Jan. 17, 185G; d. March 2, 185G. 
(5) Rose Etta Merryman, b. April 19, 1857; resides Melrose, 
Pla.; an excellent teacher; m., Sept. 16, 1877, Sidney 
B. Merryman^, b. Sept. 13, 1852; son of Albert Dunning 
Merryman^ and Jane Patten. (See p. 9.) 
(6) Vincent Leroy Merryman, b. June 24, 1878. 
(6) Wilbur Lyle Merryman, b. Feb. 13, 1880; d. May 27. 

1880. 
(6) Anna Jeannette Merryman, b. Oct. 11, 1881. 
(6) Albert Sidney Merryman, b. June 17, 1884. 
(6) Rosa Mabel Merryman, b. July 31, 1885; d. Sept. 10, 

1886. 
(6) Marion Thomas Merryman, b. June 1, 1888; d. Nov. 
26, 1888. 
(5) Thirza Ellen Merryman, b. June 11, 1860; resides Har- 
mony, Me.; m. (first), April 17, 1876, Howard W. 
Hurd, b. Aug., 1850; d. Aug. 5, 1882; farmer; son of 

Ira Hurd and Mary . 

(G) Harry Leroy Hurd, b. Harmony, Me., Sept. 15, 1877; 
m. (second), Feb. 4, 1884, Frank B. Foss, b. Shirley, 
Me., June 4, 1840; farmer; son of John Foss and 

Hannah . 

(G) Clara Bell Foss, b. July 28, 1885; graduated at Athens, 

Me., 1904. 
(6) Maud Emma Foss, b. June 21, 1889. 
(6) Altra Lulu Foss, b. May 27, 1895. 



28 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(5) Lucy Belle Merrynian, b. St. Albans, Me., Jan. 3, 18G5; 
resides Hannaford, N. D. ; m., Nov. 25, 1S9G, Archibald 
Macallum Sinclair, b. Blanchard, Ontario; farmer, 
dealer in furniture and machinery and banker; son of 
Moses Sinclair and Sarah Macallum. 
(6) Douglas Graeme Sinclair, b. Feb. 7, 1898. 
(G) Gerald Archibald Sinclair, b. May 4, 1901. 
(G) Ardella Errol Sinclair, b. May 1, 1903. 
(4) David Meiryman, b. July 28, 1800; d., Bangor, Me., Aug. 
3, 1848; a builder of mills; m., Aug. 23, 1830, Margaret 
Gilmore, b. Dec. 20, 1798; d. Sept. 14, 1852; daughter of 

John Gilmore and Margaret of Bangor, Me. 

(5) Matilda Merryman, b. Aug. 28, 1831; d. Sept. 5, 189G; 
m., Sept. 9, 1836, Lorenzo D. Perry, b. Aug. 3, 1816; 
d. March 27, 1874; grocer; resided Roxbury, Lowell 
and Maiden, Mass., and at Bedford, N. H.; son of 

Ebenezer Perry and Bridget . 

(6) Edwin L. Perry, b. May 28, 1858; d. Dec. 19, 1895; 
printer; m., Sept. 9, 1886, Hattie S. Plummer of 
Lowell, Mass. 
(7) Louise Perry, b. Jan. 30, 1890. 
(6) Frances L. Perry, b. March 12, 18G0; resides Bedford, 
N. H.; m., June 30, 1897, George L. Shepherd of 
Bedford, N. H. 
(6) Alfred B. Perry, b. Aug. 15, 1SG2; d. Aug. 29, 1889; 

m., Oct, 15, 1888, Hallie E. Robbins of Lowell, Mass. 
(G) Charlotte S. Perry, b. June 14, 1864; d. Aug. 27, 1881. 
(5) Margaret Merryman, b. Oct. 8, 1833; d. Aug. 13, 1848. 
(5) Capt. John Merryman, b. March 6, 1836; d. of fever on 
the coast of China, June 2, 1886 (50y.); single; a fine 
captain. 
(5) Capt. David Merryman, b. July 25, 1839; d. March 25, 
1892; a very successful captain until 1878; then be- 
came a dentist; lived at Brewer, Me., in the last years 
of his life; m., Sept. 11, 1866, Charlotte Chambers of 
South Brewer, Me., daughter of John Chambers and 

Elizabeth ■ — ■ . 

(6) Augusta B. Merryman, b. Dec. 13, 1873; resides Booth- 
bay Harbor, Me.; m.. May 23, 1895, Freeman P. 
Littlefield of Brewer, M^., son of John Littlefield 

and Julia ; no children. 

(6) John Chambers Merryman, b. April 18, 1879; d. May 
23, 1895. 
(5) Capt. James G. Merryman, b. Sept. 18, 1841; resided 
Searsport, Me.; m., Nov. 11, 1873, Nancy Pendleton Gil- 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 29 

more, b. Searsport, Me., April 11, 184G; daughter of 

John Gilmore and Susan . 

(G) James Locke Merryman, b. Jan. 21, 1877; d. June 9, 

1881. 
(6) Susan Anginette Merryman, b. Dec. 12, 1879; d. Dec. 

14, 1883. 
(6) Margaret Merryman, b. July 1, 1884. 
(6) Elizabeth Merryman, b. July 1, 1884; d. July 29, 1884. 
(6) Edith Gilmore Merryman, b. June 14, 1887; d. April 
29, 1898. 
(4) Daniel Merryman, b. May 28, 1802; d. Dec. 2, 1844 (41y., 

7m.) ; single; resided in Freeport, Me. 
(4) Sarah Merryman, b. May 21, 1804; d. April 9, 1833; m., 
Feb. 18, 1827, Andrew Maxfield, b. Westbrook, Me., June 
24, 1801; d. Nov. 3, 1880; a mason; resided in Bangor, 
Me.; son of Daniel Maxfield and Sarah Bailey. 
(5) Lydia Jane Maxfield, b. Dec. 15, 1827; resides 171 
Shirley Street, Revere, Mass.; m., Aug. 20, 184G, Nahum 
F. Norris, b. Sedgwick, Me., Dec. IG, 1823; d. Cam- 
bridgeport, Mass., Oct. 9, 1899. He was a piano fin- 
isher; resided Bangor, Me., and New York City. 
(G) Andrew Maxfield Norris, b. March 15, 18G4; resides 
Revere, Mass.; commercial traveler; m., Sept. 2, 
1889, Annie Jane Close, b. Somerville, Mass., July 20, 
1863; daughter of John Close and Jenny Trow. 
(7) Harold Ernest Norris, b. Cambridgeport, Mass., June 
5, 1897. 
(5) Mary Elizabeth Maxfield, b. Dec. 4, 1829; d. Scranton, 
la.. May 23, 1892; m. James Ira Merryman. (See full 
records, p. 23.) 
(5) Thirza Merryman Maxfield, b. April 30, 1831; resides 
Bangor, Me. 
(4) Deacon Ira Merryman, b. May 8, 180G; d. July 27, 1880 
(74y.); a stone mason; at first a deacon in the Baptist 
Church; then united with the Episcopal Church; m. 
(first), March 3, 1833, Marjr Ann Morse of Freeport, Me., 
who d. Sept. G, 185G (47y.); daughter of Ephraim Morse 

and Sarah ; m. (second), Jan. 28, 1858, Charlotte 

Wadsworth Soule, b. Augusta, Me., April 9, 1827. 
Children of the first marriage: 

(5) Francis Ira Merryman, b. Jan. 31, 1837; seaman and 
farmer; resides at Bowdoin, Me.; m. (first), April IG, 
18G3, Emma L. Rogers, b. June 9, 1845; d. Nov. 27, 
1882; daughter of Wiley Rogers of Phippsburg, Me.; 



30 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

m. (second), March 29, 1894, Emily V. Reed, b. Wool- 
wich, Me., May 16, 1850. 
(G) Annie L. Merryman, b. June 21, 18G9; d. July 15, 1869. 
(6) Marshall C. Merryman, b. Sept. 18, 1872; resides Bow- 

doin. Me.; farmer. 
(6) Frankie E. Merryman, b. Jan. 14, 1875; mechanic; re- 
sides Bath, Me.; m. Eunice Rowland of Topsham, 
Me., who d. Aug., 1898. 
(7) Herbert Merryman, b. 1895. 
(5) Sarah Elizabeth Merryman, b. March 14, 1839; d. Sept. 
14, 1894; m., June 16, 1867, Capt. James Minot of Bruns- 
wick, Me. 
(6) Georgie Minott, b. March 1, 1868; d. San Rafael, Cal., 
1884. 

(6) Helen Minott, b. ; d., 1880, at San Rafael, Cal. 

(5) Charles Thomas Merryman, b. June 7, 1844; a boatman; 

resides New York City; m. in New York. 
Children of the second marriage with Charlotte W. Soule: 

• (5) Herbert Soule Merryman, b. Feb. 20, 1860; a grocer at 
Brunswick, Me.; m., Dec. 20, 1898, Gertrude Brown. 
(6) Florence Brown Merryman, b. Oct. 3, 1899; d. March 
22, 1900. 
(4) Salome Merryman, b. June 17, 1808; d. April 27, 1889; m. 
William R. Field, b. Dec. 12, 1799; d. Dec. 23, 1859; son 
of John Field of Lewiston, Me., and Betsy Ross of 
Brunswick, Me. 
(5) Salome Field, b. Dec. 24,. 1827; d. Nov. 13, 1904 (77y., 
10m.); long resided at Federal Street, Brunswick, Me.; 
one of the most enthusiastic helpers in this history. 
She was a leading member of the Saturday Club and 
one of the most prominent workers in the First Parish 
Congregational Church. She was one of Brunswick's 
most respected women; a thorough Christian and be- 
loved by all who knew her. 
(5) Thirza Field, b. Dec. 23, 1830; resides Southbridge, 
Mass.; m., Sept. 12, 1859, Rev. Edwin Beaman, b. Bel- 
fast, Me., Sept. 25, 1883; a good Congregational min- 
ister. 
(6) Edwin Field Beaman, b. Newcastle, Me., July 23, 1861; 
resides Winchester, Mass.; m., Nov. 3, 1887, Louise 
M. Hardy of Groveland, Mass. 
(7) Carrie Frances Beaman, b. June 19, 1889. 
(6). Susie Hereford Beaman, b. Brunswick, Me., Dec. 2, 
1863; d. at Brunswick July 28, 1866. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 31 

(6) William Rich Beaman, b. Brunswick, Me., Jan. 23, 

18GG; d., Chicopee, Mass., Nov. 7, 1871. 
(6) Eva Moore Beaman, b. Southbridge, Mass., Dec. 31, 

1SG8. 
(G) Francis Kinsy Beaman, b. Chicopee, Mass., June 27, 
1872. 
(5) William R. Field, b. Feb. 3, 1832; d. Sept. 11, 1S9G; 
tradesman; m., April 5, 18G0, Sarah Ann Nudd, b. at 
Waterville, Me., May 22, 1834; daughter of Martin 
Nudd and Martha Higgins of Standish, Me. 
(G) Alice Palmer Field, b. Brunswick, Me., June 25, 18G1; 
m., April 25, 1883, Watson Blaisdell Drew, b. Pitts- 
fleld. Me., Jan. 28, 1855; car accountant for Maine 
Central Railroad at Portland, Me.; son of Eri Drew 
of Waterville, Me. 
(7) Elmer Field Drew, b. Pittsfield, Me., Oct. 21, 1885. 
(G) Frank Lincoln Field, b. Oct. 31, 18G4; resides Bruns- 
wick, Me. 
(4) Matilda Merryman, b. Nov. 9, 1810; d. Feb., 1888; m. Capt. 
Charles Ward. 
(5) Almira Rilda Ward, b. Freeport, Me., May 17, 1853; m., 
July 4, 1871, at Farmingdale, Me., Rev. David Le Roy 
Libby, b. Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 11, 1849; d. May 22, 
1898; resides 146 Montague Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
(G) Marian Rosamond Libby, b. Howard, N. Y., Dec. 31, 

1872. 
(G) Victor Horace Libby, b. Howard, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1876. 
(G) Leon Ward Libby, b. New Britain, Conn., June 22, 1887. 
(4) Thirza Jane Merryman, b. June 26, 1813; d. June 15, 1823 
(lOy.). 



CHAPTER III. 

Records of the third ehikl of Thomas INIerryman and 
Sarah Bailey : 

(3) Walter Merryman, b. March 8, 17GG; d. Aug. 15, 1855 (88y., 
5m.); m., Jan. 7, 179G, Isabel Alexander, b. Harpswell, 
Me, Oct. 10, 1774; d. Nov. 11, 1829. 
(4) David Merryman, b. Oct. 7, 1796; d. June 28, 18C2; m. 
Louisa Guabert of Richmond. Me. 
Children (5): David; Albert; Isaac; Mary; John; Francis; 
Sarah ; Henrietta. 
(4) Walter Merryman, b. Aug. 28, 1798; d. Richmond, Me.; 
m., Aug. 22, 1822, Elizabeth Stanwood. 



32 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(5) Isabel Alexander Merryman, m. Adoniram Potter. 

(6) Ann Potter, m. Asa Goldthwaite of Wakefield, Mass. 
(5) Nancy Merryman, b. Aug. 12, 1825; m., in Providence, 
R. I., Nov. 1, 1848, John Groves, b. Middlebury, Vt., 
March 24, 1822; d. July 12, 1887. 
(6) Charles S. Groves, b. Roxbury, Mass., June 9, 1832; 
m., Sept. 1, 1880, Nelly F. Morey, b. Fall River, 
Mass., Oct. 21, 1854; d. Jan. 5, 1889; no children. 
(6) J. Frank Groves, b. Taunton, Mass., Jan. 31, 1858; 
single; resides 96 Arch Street, Waltham, Mass. 
(5) Caroline P. Merryman; resides 972 North Main Street, 
Brockton, Mass; m. Thomas P. Lucas of Quincy, Mass. 
(6) Thomas M. Lucas, Milford Street, Boston. 
(6) Walter S. Lucas. 
(5) Shubal Merryman; resides in California; single. 
(5) Julia A. Merryman, b. Nov. 20, 1833; resides Taunton, 
Mass., care of E. N. Lane, 7 Trescott Street; m., Nov. 
20, 1856, Henry Fisher of Rutland, Vt., who d. in Wis- 
consin; son of Isaac Fisher and Angeline P. . 

(6) Arvilla J. Fisher, d. Galena, 111. (ly., 11m., 9d.) 

(6) George W. Fisher, d. (5m., 15d.). 

(4) Capt. Isaac Merryman, b. July 15, 1801; d., Richmond, 
Me., July 4, 1880; m., Jan. 19, 1830, Rebecca Curtiss, b. 
Harpswell, Me., Jan. 2, 1801; d. July 20, 1886; daughter 
of Nehemiah Curtiss and Jane Alexander. He lived in 
1829 on a farm in Richmond, Me., near his brothers, 
David and Walter. 
(5) Nehemiah Curtiss Merryman, b. Richmond, Me., Oct. 30, 
1831; went to California in 1850; m. there and raised a 
family. 
(5) Lettice Ann Skolfield Merryman, b. April 4, 1834; d. 
Aug. 21, 1880; m., Oct. 1, 1854, David AVoodman Tooth- 
aker of Richmond, Me., b. Oct. 1, 1830. Children's 
Records, Note 2. 
(5) Thomas Merryman, b. Oct. IG, 1836; resides Richmond, 
Me.; m., Aug. 18, 1862, Carrie Armes of Lewiston, Me., 
who d. July 8, 1875. 
(6) Daughter, m. Robert Stewart and lives on a farm near 

her father. 
(6) Ulie Merryman, d. Aug. 6, 1875. 
(5) George Washington Merryman, b. July 23, 1837; resides 
Richmond, Me.; m., in Boston, Mass., Sept. 8, 1864, 
Emily V. Hutchins, b. Bangor, Me., Sept. 15, 1844. 
(6) Abbie E. Merryman, m. Horton Chase; resides in Au- 
burn, Me. 



MERRYMAN GENExVLOGY. 33 

(6) Mary A. Merryman, resides in Somersworth, N. H.; 

single. 
(G) Hattie A. Merryman, m. William Rideout; resides in 
Bowdoinham Village, Me. 
(5) Rebecca J. Merryman, b. Dec. 9, 1841; keeps house for 
her brother, Thomas Merryman, in Richmond, Me.; m., 
July, 1879, John A. Berry of Gardiner, Me. 
(5) Mary Merryman, b. April 11, 1845; d. June 28, 1898; 
single. 
(4) Robert Merryman, b. Sept. 15, 1803; d. in Bowdoinham, 
Me., 18G9 (GGy.); m., Feb. 28, 1828, Clarissa Douglass, 
who d. at Bowdoinham, Me.; daughter of David Douglass; 
lived in Bowdoin, Richmond and Bowdoinham, Me. 
(5) Isabella Merryman, b. Harpswell, Me., Nov. 14, 1830; d. 

Dec, 1893; single. 
(5) David Douglass Merryman, b. Nov. 27, 1832; resides 
Readfield, Me.; in clothing business at Tamworth, 
N. H.; in mercantile business at Readfield, Me., since 
1872; m., Nov. 26, 1859, Emeline Perkins, b. Tamworth, 
N. H.; daughter of Jonathan Perkins and Mehitable 



(6) Edward Albert Merryman, b. Richmond, Me., Dec. 9, 
1861; editor of Madison, Me., Bulletin; m., Jan. 10, 
1883, LucyE. Leadbeater, b. East Livermore, Me. 
(7) Gladys Fay Merryman, b. June 7, 1884. 
(7) Albert David Merryman, b. June 13, 1886. 
(7) Ina Merryman, b. Sept. 26, 1889. 
(6) Eli Merryman, b. Tamworth, N. H., Oct. 11, 1863; re- 
sides Portland, Me.; in business at Readfield, Me., 
some years; then in Waterville, Me.; now railroad 
postal clerk; graduated AVestbrook, Me., Seminary, 
1883; m., June 6, 1885. Celia J. Haines, b. Readfield, 
Me., Aug. 2, 18G2; daughter of Dudley W. Haines and 
Clarissa W. Hankinson. 
(7) Merle Eli Merryman, b. July 8, 1887. 
(7) Clarise Emma Merryman, b. Oct. 26, 1890. 
(5) Eli Merryman, b. Bowdoin, Me., July 14, 1834; d. Litch- 
field, Me., Oct. 24, 1898; lived two years at Tamworth, 
N. H.; then went to Litchfield, Me.; served one year in 
the Civil War; in mercantile business at Litchfield, Me., 
32 years; postmaster 25 continuous years; served on 
school board; m., Oct. 18, 1862, Almeda M. Oilman, b. 
West Gardiner, Me., July G, 1834; d. 1902; daughter of 
David Oilman and Abigail . 

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34 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(6) Lola Merriman, b. June 22, 1864; teacher at Litchfield, 

Me. 
(6) James David Merriman, b. July 11, 1867; Merriman & 
Roberts, attorneys and counsellors, 141 Broadway, 
New York City; graduated from Maine Wesleyan 
Seminary, Kent's Hill, 1899; graduated from Bow- 
doin College and Columbia Law School. 
(6) Clara Douglass Merriman, b. March 18, 1869; teacher 

at Tilton Seminary, Tilton, N. H. 
(6) Abbie Lord Merriman, b. Jan. 4, 1874; teacher at 
Leavitt Institute, Turner Center, Me. 
(5) Sarah J. Merriman, b. Bowdoin, Me., March 27, 1836; 
d. Readfield, Me., Dec, 1876 (Jan., 1877); cloak and 
dressmaker at Richmond, Me. 
(5) Frances Merriman, b. Bowdoin, Me., Feb. 9, 1839; m., 
1867, Charles Dunn of Portland, Me. 
(6) Son at Cornish, Me. 
(5) Susan A. Merriman, b. Bowdoin, Me., July 14, 1841; d. 
Nov. 13, 1893; resided Richmond, Me.; m., Jan. 28, 
1865, Henry Martin Gardiner of Richmond, Me.; in 
harness business; removed to Thomaston, Me., and be- 
came superintendent of state prison harness depart- 
ment. 
(6) George Henry Gardiner, b. Richmond, Me., July 27, 

1871; d. Aug. 27, 1871. 
(6) Nellie A. Gardiner, b. Richmond, Me., June 8, 1873. 
(6) Clara Merriman Gardiner, b. Richmond, Me., Sept. 18, 

1874; d. Thomaston, Me., Nov. 1, 1887. 
(6) Elvira E. Gardiner, b. Richmond, Me., Sept. 1, 1881. 
(4) Shubal Merriman, b. March 14, 1806; d. June 14, 1898 
{92y., 3m.); always resided at Harpswell Center, Me.; 
m., Jan. 19, 1834, May Jane Curtiss, b. Harpswell, Me., 
Oct. 4, 1809; d. Aug. 7, 1894 (84y., 8m., 29d.) ; daughter 
of Nehemiah Curtiss and Jane Alexander. 
(5) Walter Merriman, b. March 15, 1835; d. May 29, 1890; 
m. Lavina Merriman, b. Harpswell, Me., Oct. 1, 1835; 
daughter of Hudson Merriman and Asenath Merryman. 
(6) Dr. Alfred Mitchell Merriman, b. May 1, 1868; grad- 
uated from Bowdoin College, 1892; Bowdoin Medical 
School, 1895; m., at Providence, R. I., Jan. 4, 1899, 
Frances Raymond Perry, b. Newport, R. I., Aug. 25, 
1869; daughter of Maj. Raymond H. Perry and Fran- 
ces Louisa Blake. 
(7) Frances Lavinia Merriman, b. Bristol, R. I., Sept. 
26, 1905. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 35 

(6) S. Lorenzo Merriman, b. Dec. 2, 1869; principal of 
Island Falls, Me., High School; principal of Patten, 
Me., High School. 
(5) Shubal Merriman, Jr., b. Jan. 15, 1S37; d. June 28, 1865. 
(5) Capt. Angier H. Merriman, b. Feb. 5, 1839; resides Tops- 
ham, Me.; followed the sea many years; m. (first), 
Jan. 2, 1865, Octavia Crawford, b. Nov. 5, 1843; d. June 

15, 1869; daughter of Rev. Thomas Crawford and 
Thankful Johnson; m. (second), Oct. 21, 1875, Hannah 
P. Knight, b. Topsham, Me. 

Children by first wife: 

(6) Mary J. Merriman, b. Jan. 14, 1866. 
(6) T. Olin Merriman, b. May 3, 1869 (70y.). M. 
Children by second wife: 

(6) Florence K. Merriman, b. Dec. 23, 1877. 
(6) Angier Clarence Merriman, b. May 9, 1881; in Phila- 
delphia, Pa., Dental College. 
(5) Adeline Merriman, b. Feb. 24, 1842; single. 
(5) Elizabeth Merriman, b. Feb. 24, 1842; d. Oct. 17, 1842. 
(5) Harriet Jane Merriman, b. May 24, 1844; resides Bath, 
Me.; m. (first), Dec. 29, 1872, Capt. Parker Cleveland 
Curtiss, who was washed overboard, Jan. 6, 1884, from 
ship St. Charles, on the third day out from Phila- 
delphia; m. (second), Oct. 22, 1885, Henry Leonard 
of Bath, Me.; b. Warren, Me., Jan. 25, 1828; d. Sept. 17, 
1901; master shipbuilder. 
Children of first husband: 

(6) Shubal Merriman Curtiss, b. July 6, 187G; d. Brooklyn, 

N. Y., Aug. 10, 1877. 
(6) Mary Lee Curtiss, b. Sept. 22, 1879; m., Oct. 16, 1900, 
John Abel Lord, U. S. N.; carpenter. 
(7) John A. Lord, Jr., b. April 8, 1901. 
(7) Frances Lee Lord, b. Sept. 10, 1902. 
Child of second husband: 

(6) Sadie Maria Leonard, b. Feb. 14, 1887. 

(5) Hiram S. Merriman, b. May 26, 1847; resides South 

Framingham, Mass.; m., April 5, 1880, Anna R. Pen- 

nell, b. Brunswick, Me. 

(5) Joseph C. Merriman, b. July 16, 1849; d. April 14, 1850. 

(5) John B. Merriman, b. Dec. 11, 1850; d. at sea, Nov. 20, 

1870. 
(5) Augustus Merriman, b. June 18, 1854; deacon in Con- 
gregational Church, Harpswell Center, Me.; m., Jan. 

16, 1891, Cornelia Rebecca Tilton, b. Brunswick, Me. 



36 MERE YM AN GENEALOGY. 

(G) Lawrence Tilton Merriman, b. Aug. 1, 1893. 
(6) Shubal Henry Merriman, b. Aug. 25, 1895. 
(4) Eli Merriman, b. July 27, 1808; d. San Francisco, Cal., 
Nov., 1851; m., 1848, Eliza B. Wilson, b. Bowdoin, Me. 
She m. (second), Capt. Ewings Alexander. 
(5) Charles Augustus Merriman, b. March 21, 1849; lost at 

sea, 1865, when about 21 years old. 
(5) Flora Merriman, b. April 25, 1852; resides Chicago, 111.; 
m. (first), Jan. 10, 1874, Dr. Joseph Spaulding; m. 
(second), Levi Varney. 
(6) Son. 
(4) Anna Merriman, b. Nov. 11, 1810; d. Jan. 2, 1851; m., April 
3, 1831, Elisha Allen, Jr., b. Harpswell, Me., April 12, 
1800; son of Elisha Allen and Bethiah Johnson. (Full 
records in Johnson genealogy.) 
(4) Capt. Thomas Merriman, b. Aug. 7, 1813; lost at sea Jan. 
2, 1856, on the bark Ben Adams, 15 hours' out of Boston, 
bound for New Orleans, La.; m., Aug. 10, 1841, Mary 
Ann CurtissT of Bowdoinham, Me., b. Oct. 2, 1817; d. May 
29, 1895; daughter of David Curtisse and Abigail Wheeler. 
(5) Abbie Curtis Merriman, b. May 3, 1842. 
(5) Thomas William C. Merriman, b. July 2, 1846; m., Oct. 

24, 1892, Delia Blair of Bowdoinham, Me., b. ; no 

children. 
(5) Rufus C. Merriman, b. Sept. 10, 1853; single. 
(4) Betsy Barnes Merriman, b. Nov. 3, 1817; d. Pownal, Me., 
Jan. 11, 1895; m., April 28, 1840,- Capt. Thomas Alexander, 
b. Aug. 23, 1813; d. of yellow fever. New Orleans, La., 
Aug. 3, 1858; buried Grousetown, Brunswick, Me., Ceme- 
tery. The old farm is now Riverside Cemetery. 
(5) Thomas Martin Alexander, b. Feb. 23, 1844. 
(5) Eli Merriman Alexander, b. May 30, 1847. When he was 
12 years old went to sea with his father in ship 
Scioto, from Portland, Me., to Liverpool, Eng.; then 
around Cape Horn to Chincha Islands. The ship went 
to New Orleans, where father d. of yellow fever; gone 
two and one-half years; then home and attended 
Brunswick High School; then sailed from Portland in 
the West India trade; gave it up to take care of his 
mother and bought a farm at Pownal, Me. In 1880 
went into the brick-making business at Harpswell with 
Norton H. Stover. Theirs was the first brickyard in 
Harpswell; loaded the bricks into vessels and shipped 
to Boston and other ports; this discontinued when 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 37 

brick became scarce. In 18S8 second keeper of Half- 
Way Rock Lighthouse; there in the great November 
storm of that year; then contractor and builder; now 
mail carrier to Brunswiclt, 32 miles, wliich he makes 
through all sorts of weather, R. P. D. No. 2. He is 
interested in every movement which aims to benefit 
Harpswell, Me.; active" in social life, being particu- 
larly interested in the cause of temperance; has held 
office of Grand Worthy Patriarch of Sons of Temper- 
.ance of State of Maine; in 1884 one of the organizers 
of Casco Bay Colony, U. O. P. F., and for several years 
secretary of that order; m. Arcelia Bibber, b. Harps- 
well, Me., Nov. 22, 1849; daughter of Capt. David 
Bibber and Amy Bibber. 
(6) Amy Bibber Alexander, b. Nov. 15, 1879; d. Aug. 15, 

1881. 
(6) Grade Flora Alexander, b. March 21, 1881; m., Oct. 

C, 1899, George U. Allen, b. • ■ — ; son of George 

Allen. 
(6) Albert Harlow Alexander, b. April 11, 18SG; enter- 
prising mail driver. 
(5) Thomas M. Alexander, b. Brunswick, Me., May 18, 1849 

d. Nov. 1, 1849 (6m.). 
(5) Betsy Ann Alexander, b. Brunswick, Me., Aug. 19, 1850 
resides New Gloucester, Me.; m. (first), Dec. 1, 1874 
John Brackett, b. New Gloucester, Me., Jan. 30, 1848 
d. July 9, 1879; carriage maker; son of George Brackett 
and Mury Tafts; m. (second), May 13, 1883, Charles 
Schillinger, b. Poland, Me., Aug. 30, 1828; d. June 10, 
1904; farmer; son of Jeremiah Schillinger and May 
Garland. 
Children of first husband: 

(6) Bessie May Brackett, b. Aug. 31, 1875; m., Nov. 9, 
1898, Clark Merrill, b. New Gloucester, Me., Nov. 28, 
1869; son of Amos Merrill and Lucy J. Brown. 
(7) Edna Alexander Merrill, b. Oct. 2G, 1899. 
(6) Veazie Litchfield Brackett, b. Aug. 22, 1877; resides 
Portland, Me.; m., Aug. 10, 1904, Violet Green Phin- 
ney. 
Children of second husband: 

(6) Charles Ernest Schillinger, b. Dec. 8, 1886. 
(6) Helen Annie Schillinger, b. Jan. 14, 1890. 
(5) Thomas M. Alexander, b. Brunswick, Me., Jan. 25, 1854; 
d. March 19, 1856. 



38 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(5) Catherine B. Alexander, b. Chincha Islands, Pacific 
Ocean, Aug. 9, 1857; resides West Durham, Me.; m., 
Dec. 10, 1876, Veazie B. Litchfield, b. Freeport, Me., 
Oct. 2, 1849; farmer; son of S. V. Litchfield and Frances 
Scott; children all born in Pownal, Me. 
(6) Thomas Alexander Litchfield, b. Oct. 5, 1877; d. Dec. 

3, 1898. 
(6) Sammie V. Litchfield, b. Jan. 23, 1879; d. Feb. 8, 1895. 
(6) Josephine O. Litchfield, b. April 19, 1883. 
(6) Edith G. Litchfield, b. July 22, 1889. 
(6) Victor S. Litchfield, b. Dec. 12, 1892. 
(5) Josephine B. Alexander, b March, 1845; d. May 14, 
1879 (34y.); m., Nov. 27, 1867, Charles Frederick 
Owen, b. Brunswick, Me., July 17, 1838; farmer, Bruns- 
wick, Me.; son of Jeremiah Owen and Hannah Badger. 
(6) May B. Owen, b. Dec. 3 (7), 1868; resides Auburn, 
Me.; graduated Brunswick, Me., High School, 1888. 
(6) Annie M. Owen, b. May 7, 1870; graduated from 
Brunswick, Me., High School, June 15, 1888; resides 
Auburn, Me. 
(6) Minnie H. Owen, b. Jan. 21, 1873. 

(6) Mabel A. Owen, b. Nov., 1874; resides Durham, 
Me.; graduated from Brunswick, Me., High School, 
June 8, 1892; m., Dec. 27, 1897, Herbert J. Wagg, 
farmer. 

(7) Everts Jordan Wagg, b. Feb. 8, . 

(6) Hannah W. Owen, b. April 6, 1877; resides in 
Auburn, Me.; graduated from Auburn, Me., High 
School, June 14, 1895. 
(6) Frank Owen, b. May 6, 1879; resides in Auburn, Me. 



CHAPTER IV. 

Records of the fourth child of Thomas Merryman^ and 

Sarah Bailey. 

(3) James Merryman, m., June 24, 1794, Mary Barnes. This fam- 
ily lived at Brunswick, Me. 
(4) Thomas Merryman, b. 1796; d. July 14, 1855 (59y.) ; m. 
Almira McManus^, b. Brunswick, Me., Dec. 1, 1807; d. 
Oct. 21, 1891 (84y.); daughter of Daniel McManus2, b. 
1766; d. June 1, 1851, who m. Betsy Tarr, daughter of 
Joseph Tarr and Deborah Toothaker. Almira McManus 
was the granddaughter of Ancestor James McManusi, 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 39 

who came from Ireland to Brunswick, Me., about 1750. 

This ancestor's wife was Mary Corbett. 

(5) Mary E. Merryman, b. April 28, 1831; d. Brunswick, 

Me., Aug. 3, 1903; m. Zenas Preston of Louisiana; no 

children. She helped grandly with these records. 

(5) Marshall Merryman, b. Feb. IG, 1833; d. New Orleans, 

La., Aug. 10, 1853 (19y.). 
(5) Almira Merryman, b. June 9, 1834; d. June 7, 1899; m. 
Capt. Robert Lincoln Merryman^, b. April 4, 1829; d. 
Alameda, Cal., Dec, 1903; a successful sea captain; 
son of Capt. Enos Merryman* and Hannah McManus. 
(6) Nellie Alexander Merryman, d. young. 
(6) George M. Merryman, b. April 1, 18G1; engineer on a 

steamer; resides Alameda, Cal.; m. Hatch; 

no children. 
(6) Capt. Robert Lincoln Merryman, Jr., b. Oct., 1804. 
(6) Elinor Merryman, b. Aug., 1876; resides Alameda, Cal. 
(5) Georgianna Merryman, b. June 26, 1835; d. Dec, 1853. 
(5) Louisa M. Merryman, b. Nov. 27, 1837; resides South 
Elliott Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.; m., Dec. 25, 1866, Dr. 
Le Grand Fuller, b. Ansable Forks, N. Y., Feb. 12, 
1839; son of Dr. William St. Pierre Fuller and Mira L. 



(6) Dr. Zenas Preston Fuller, b. July 4, 1868; a dentist 
at Brooklyn, N. Y. 
(5) Thomas Merryman, b. Sept. 16, 1839; d. Dec, 1853. 
(5) Sarah Merryman, b. Oct. 14, 1846; graduated at Bruns- 
wick (Me.) High School, 1863; resides 50 Tudd Street, 
Chelsea, Mass.; m., Dec. 25, 1865, Samuel L. Johnson; 
graduated Maine State Seminary, Lewiston, Me., 1858; 
cashier of Lynn & Boston Railroad; son of Asa John- 
son and Abigail Rogers. 
(6) Zenas Preston Johnson, b. June 20, 1880; graduated 
Berkly School, Boston, Mass., 1895; employed by 
electric railroad, Waterbury, Ct.; m. Imma L. Clinton. 
(4) Betsy Merryman, b. 1799; d. 1829; single. 
(4) Jane Merryman, b. 1801; d. Feb. 21, 1885; m. Charles Stan- 
wood, b. Aug. 21, 1800; d. 1829; clerk and farmer; son 
of William Stanwood and Hannah Thompson. 
(5) Hannah Elizabeth Stanwood. 
(5) Henry Stanwood. 
(4) William Barnes Merryman, b. March 14, 1805; d. Nov. 20, 
1833; m., July 12, 1830; Hannah Lamb Stoddard, b. Bruns- 
wick, Me., Dec. 13, 1800; d. Feb. 18, 1852; daughter of 
Russell Stoddard and Betsy . 



40 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(5) William James Russell Merryman, b. May 20, 1833; re- 
sides Danville, Me.; employed by Grand Trunk Rail- 
way; m., Aug. 3, 1861, Lydia Lovicia Berry, b. Jan. 27, 
1838; d. March 22, 1898; daughter of John Berry and 
Sarah Ramsdell; no children. 
(4) Mary Merryman, b. Sept. 22, 1810; d. April 30, 1890; m. 
Lewis Simpson, 2d., b. Sept. 9, 1810; d. Jan. 19, 1887; 
ship carpenter. 
(5) Elizabeth H. Simpson, b. July 19, 1840; d. May 26, 1898; 
m., June 7, 1870, Horatio S. Webber, b. Bowdoinham, 
Me., 1857; d. Nov. 13, 1889; son of Richard Webber and 
Caroline Staples. 
(6) Mamie H. Webber, b. June 22, 1871; resides on the old 
Webber homestead, Bowdoinham, Me.; m., Sept. 20, 
1891, Frank A. Heath, b. Whitefield, Me., March 13, 

1872; son of Andrew Heath and Mary . 

(7) Fred D. Heath, b. Aug. 10, 1892. 
(7) Frank C. Heath, b. April 28, 1895; d. May 4, 1895. 
(7) Etta M. Heath, b. April 15, 1896; d. July 31, 1899. 
(5) Etta M. Simpson, b. June 26, 1850; resides 17 Franklin 
Street, Brunswick, Me.; m., May 21, 1889, Charles 
Greenleaf Burgess, b. Lisbon, Me., April 12, 1825; son 
of George Benjamin Burgess and Almira Sawyer; re- 
tired merchant. 
(4) Capt. Henry Merryman, died at sea; m. Catherine Mc- 
Manus of Brunswick, Me., who d. March 24, 1861 (56y., 

7m.) ; daughter of John McManus and Lizzie . 

(5) John Henry Merryman, b. Jan. 19, 1831; d. Boston, 

Mass., Dec, 1873 (41y.); married; no children. 
(5) Charles Spencer Merryman, b. Oct. 11, 1832; d. Callao, 
Peru, Nov. 1, 1873 (44y.) ; m. Lydia Whitehouse Merry- 
man, b. Oct. 4, 1843; d. Saco, Me., Sept., 1899; daugh- 
ter of John Merryman and Ellen McManus; no children. 
(5) Mary Y. Merryman, b. March 1, 1835. 
(5) Catherine Merryman, b. May 25, 1839; m. Haley Alex- 
ander of Topsham, Me.; no children. 
(4) Spencer Merryman; d. abroad; single. 

(4) Capt. Richard Merryman, b. March 15, 1817; d. March 31, 

1862 (49y.); m. Marcia Greenleaf, b. Feb. 25, 1822; she 

. was last heard from at Fort Apache, Ariz. 

(5) Sophia Greenleaf Merryman, b. Dec. 14, 1842; d. June 11, 

1868; m., in Liverpool, Eng., Nov. 2, 1864, Capt. Charles 

Johnson Bishop of North Harpswell, Me., b. Dec. 19, 

1835; d. Jan., 1904. 

(6) John Charles Bishop, b. Sept. 21, 1865; d. April 13, 1867. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 41 

(5) Marcia L. Merryman, b. Jan. 11, 1S45; d. Sept. 5, 1845. 

(5) Richard G. Merryman, b. March 15, 184G; went to Cali- 
fornia. 

(5) Ella Merryman, b. March 13, 1852; d. San Francisco, 
Cal.; m. twice; two children of the first marriage. 

(5) Mary Merryman, b. April 19, 1858; d. Jan. 23, 18G0. 

(5) Hattie Merryman, b. and d. Feb. 14, 1861. 



CPIAPTER V. 

Records of the fifth chikl of Thomas INIerryman- and 
Sarah Bailey. 

(3) Timothy Merryman, b. Harpswell, Me., 1771; d. Sept. 2, 1S4G; 
resided at Rocky Hill, Brunswick, Me.; m. Martha Alex- 
ander, b. Oct. 4, 1774; d. 1844; daughter of Hugh Alexander 
and Catherine Ewing. 
(4) Bailey Merryman, b. 1798; d. Jan. 20, 1858. After his mar- 
riage he settled on a farm at Bowdoin, Me., and remained 
there; buried in old cemetery at South Bowdoin, Me.; 
m. Mary Wilson*, b. Dec, 1807; d. Dec. 5, 1896, daughter 
of Actor Wilson- and AfRa Pennell; granddaughter of 
William Wilson- and Mary Patten; great-granddaughter 
of Ancestor Thomas Wilsoni. 
(5) Robert Wilson Merryman, b. Bowdoin, Me., May 2, 1829; 
d. April 21, 1894. "His parents were respectable and 
well-to-do farming people. He was reared to agricul- 
tural pursuits, and attended the common schools of 
Bowdoin, Me. But at an early age he laid aside his 
books and commenced the active duties of life. He 
and his brother, Andrew C, having taken up the ship 
building industry, he learned the trade and worked in 
the shipyards of Pittston, Me., in 1855. The eastern 
lumbermen were then being attracted to the pine for- 
ests of Wisconsin. He went to that state, first locating 
at Fond du Lac, where he became associated with his 
brother, A. C, and Haynes Hunter, under the firm 
name, Merryman & Co., lumber manufacturers. Later, 
also, at Fond du Lac, these Merryman brothers asso- 
ciated themselves with John S. and Alexander McDon- 
ald, also Maine lumbermen and pioneer manufacturers 
of Wisconsin. R. W. Merryman remained at Fond du 
Lac until 1873; then went to Marinette, Wis., and 
fouDded the R. W. Merryman Lumber Co., with which 



42 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

he was connected, as its official head, until his death, 
April 21, 1894. For several years prior to his death, 
however, the management was for the most part en- 
trusted to his nephew, R. C. Merryman, who has since 
continued its management. He entertained a paternal 
fondness for this nephew, many of the early years of 
whose life were passed in this uncle's house, where he 
was treated as a member of the family. Before his 
death he and his wife travelled considerably, often 
accompanied by friends in the capacity of guests. It 
was while he was returning from a trip through Flor- 
ida that he was seized with a serious illness which ter- 
minated fatally at Lookout Mountain. He was a 
shrewd and thrifty man, greatly beloved by his friends 
and employees and widely esteemed for his unswerving 
integrity, strict honesty and admirable business meth- 
ods. He substantially aided Marinette. He accumu- 
lated a comfortable competence, mainly of extensive 
investments in timber lands and profitable manufactur- 
ing operations. Religiously he was originally a Bap- 
tist, but, with his advancing years, his ideas trended 
to Universalism, in which faith he died. In political 
affiliations he was always a Republican, ever loyal to 
his party, but never at any time an office seeker." M., 
March 18, 1858, Carrie A. Colburn of Pittston, Me.; she 
was the daughter of Capt. Reuben Colburn; she is held 
in the highest esteem by all in Marinette, Wis.; no 
children. 
(5) Andrew Curtiss Merryman, b. Bowdoin, Me., Dec. 22, 
1831; d. of pneumonia at Exeter, Cal., 1905. He was 
one of the best known lumbermen of Wisconsin, and 
was a familiar person to most lumbermen in Northern 
Wisconsin, as well as in Chicago and Maine, having 
for the last 49 years been most actively engaged in the 
lumber manufacture in Wisconsin. The boyhood am- 
bition of Mr. Merryman was of the most practical kind. 
He did not believe that the road to wealth and position 
could be travelled rapidly, but he determined to labor 
faithfully and diligently and rise above the conditions 
which surrounded him. When scarcely 17 years of 
age he began to work at shipbuilding at Middle Bay, 
Brunswick, Me., with Capt. Richard McManus, and soon 
became a competent shipwright. In 1855 he built the 
brig A. C. Merryman at Pittston, Me., and launched 
upon the business on his own account. When business 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 43 

depressions came in Maine he sturdily determined to 
seek a new field of labor. In 1855 he went to Fond 
du Lac, Wis., and although he had no practical experi- 
ence in that line, he at once made preparations for 
prosecuting the lumber business. With but little cap- 
ital he went into the dense forests of pine, entering, 
preempting and homesteading lands and laying solid 
foundations for future operations. He at once entered 
into the sawmill business at Fond du Lac and most 
successfully carried it on for 10 years. In 18GG he 
sold these interests to his brother, R. W. Merryman, 
and removed to Marinette, Wis., as a member of the 
firm of Hamilton, Merryinan & Co., which purchased 
62,000 acres of government land and built a large mill 
in 1868. From time to time the firm has added to this 
original purchase of land. The company has become 
one of the largest and most successful of the immense 
lumber manufacturing establishments along the Me- 
nominee River. From 30,000,000 to 40,000,000 feet of 
lumber is annually turned from timber on the stump 
to finished lumber at the mill. This is carried by the 
company's boats to Chicago, where its larger distribut- 
ing yard is located. Up to the last, Mr. Merryman took 
an active part in this work, as well as in all the various 
strong enterprises in which he was helpful. He was 
interested in many paper and pulp mills and owned 
thousands of acres of standing timber in the red cedar 
country of the West. He was also an extensive orange 
grower and had large ranches at Exeter, Cal., where, 
in late years, he spent most of his winters. 

Mr. Merryman was at all times prominent in Mar- 
inette affairs and has been closely identified with Mar- 
inette industries and municipal work since his resi- 
dence in the city. He has been prominently identified 
with the Menominee & Marinette Paper Co., the A. W. 
Stevens Co., the Menominee River Fire Tug Co., the 
Merryman Manufacturing Co., the Menominee River 
Broom Co., the Marinette Flour Mill Co., the Watson 
Heating Co., the Menominee & Marinette Light and 
Traction Co., the Menominee Sugar Co. and the Oak- 
wood Club. He attended personally to the details of 
most of his business. Unless it was absolutely impos- 
sible for him to be present, he was never known to 
miss a meeting of one of the companies in which he 
was a stockholder. Nevertheless, with all these busi- 



44 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

ness cares, he never forgot his family or friends. He 
was a model husband and father and neglected no 
slightest thing which would add to the comfort and 
pleasure of his family. With his friends he was 
known, as in his business, as a man of his word, and 
the expression, "His word is as good as his bond," has 
often been used in speaking of him. He was very fond 
of entertainment and loved to have his home full of 
happy friends. 

Mr. Merryman was a great lover of nature and out- 
of-door life. There was nothing too small in woods or 
field to be beneath his notice, and on his hunting trips 
and excursions he would spend a large share of his 
time in looking up curios and relics. Every year he 
would take a party of his friends to Beechwood, his 
private hunting and fishing grounds, near Florence, on 
the Northwestern branch road, and would entertain 
them in royal style. Mr. Merryman was a thoroughly 
moral man and his friends who accompanied him on 
his camping and hunting trips, where all restraint was 
laid aside, often remarked of his cleanliness and man- 
liness in all things. The men who rowed his boats 
while he was fishing were as carefully looked after as 
his guests and were never overworked or ill-treated. 
His charitable work and sympathy for those in suffer- 
ing and need is known to all. He never used liquor or 
tobacco and was strongly affiliated with the Prohibition 
party and was nominated by that party for its high 
positions of trust and honor. M. (first), Oct. 30, 18G2, 
Fannie Colburn, who d. Aug. 23, 1866; daughter of 
Capt. Reuben Colburn of Pittston, Me.; m. (second), 
•Tune 11, 1870, Louise F. Brown of Fort Ann, N. Y., 
daughter of William D. Brown and Lydia . 

Children of first wife: 

(6) Reuben Colburn Merryman, b. Oct. 8, 1863; a lumber 
manufacturer at Marinette, Wis.; m. (first), June 10, 
1883, Phoebe Woodhull of Saginaw, Mich.; m. (sec- 
ond), Aug. 9, 1891, Agnes Hatheway of Green Bay, 
Mich.; no children. 

(6) George C. Merryman, d. in infancy. 

Children of second wife: 

(6) Bertha Merryman, b. April 9, 1873. 
(6) Amy Merryman, b. June 29, 1876. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 45 

(G) Andrew C. Merryman, Jr., b. Jan. 7, 1879. 
(6) Louise P. Merryman, b. Nov. 21, 1881. 
(5) Emeline Wilson Merryman, b. Bowdoin, Me., Jan. 23, 
1837; resides Bowdoinham, Me.; m., Nov. 23, 1857, Capt. 
Bowdoin Pratt, b. Bowdoinham, Me., July 20, 182S; a 
fine sea captain, then a merchant at Bowdoinham Vil- 
lage, Me.; son of John Pratt and Rebecca . 

(6) Bailey H. Pratt, b. April 21, 1860; d. May, 1873. 
(6) George D. Pratt, b. Aug. 14, 18G7; m. (first), Nov. 17, 
1887, Georgia A. Small, who d. April 8, 1894; m. (sec- 
ond), Nov. 20, 1895, G. Emma Hinkley. 
Child of first wife: 

(7) Louise M. Pratt, b. June 24, 1888. 
Child of second wife: 

(7) Howard Everett Pratt, b. Sept. 24, 1S9G. 
(5) Hannah Merryman, b. May 22, 1842; m., Jan. 11, 1870, 
Louis Gram, b. Denmark, 1829; son of Peter Gram and 
Karen . He and his wife are highly esteemed peo- 
ple in Marinette, Wis., where they have long lived. Mr. 
Gram is one of the most honorable, straightforward 
business men in Wisconsin, and owes his great success 
entirely to his own efforts. He has been alderman of 
the third ward of Marinette. He is now member of the 
firm of N. Luddington & Co. He came to America in 
1849 and has been a faithful citizen in all these years. 
(5) Eliza P. Merryman, b. Bowdoin, Me., Nov. G, 1847; re- 
sides 37G Washington Street, Winona, Minn.; m., Nov. 
13, 18G9, James R. Morton, b. Bordentown, N. J., Sept. 
17, 1843; a very successful machinist; son of Abraham 

Morton and Leah ■ . 

(6) May A. Morton, b. Jan. 2, 1875; d. Aug. 4, 1875. . 
(5) George H. Merryman, d. March 28, 1841 (19m.). 
(5) Daughter, d. Feb. 13, 1840 (lOw.). 
(4) Timothy Merryman, Jr., b. July 21, 1799; d. Bowdoin, Me., 
June 18, 1874 (74y., 10m., 27d.) ; he was captain of a 
militia company at Brunswick, Me., in his younger days; 
he moved to Bowdoin, Me., in 1832. He drove logs on 
the Androscoggin River 24 springs, as one of the hands 
and then as master driver; the rest of the seasons he was 
a foreman in sawmills; m., Dec, 1825, Appa Anne Berry, 
b. Minot (now Auburn), Me., March 22, 1800; d. Bow- 
doin, Me., Jan. 11, 1877 (7Gy., 9m., 19d.); daughter of 
Samuel Berry and Rosamond Welch. 



46 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(5) Henry MeriTman, b. Brunswick, Me., Oct. 27, 1827; re- 
sides Bowdoin, Me.; worked as a ship carpenter 25 
years; farmer since then; single. 
(5) Timothy Merryman, b. Brunswick, Me., May 26, 1831; 
d. April 20, 1903; house carpenter and farmer; m. 
(first), Dec. 25, 1858, Emma F. Carr, who d. April 27, 
1881 (40y., 11m.); m. (second), Sept. 24, 1884, Emily 
Chase, b. Bowdoin, Me., July 19, 1850. 
(5) Charles H. Merryman, b. Bowdoin, Me., Aug. 18, 1835; 
farmer; m., April 20, 1862, Maria H. Mountfort, b. 
Brunswick, Me., Dec. 8, 1837. 
(4) Maj. Paul Merryman, b. June 8, 1802; d. Brunswick, Me., 
Oct. 4, 1884 (82y.); m. Hannah Chase of Litchfield, Me., 
b. March 15, 1803; d. May 11, 1891 (79y.). 
(5) Alonzo Merryman, b. Jan. 10, 1829; drowned Sept. 8, 

1834 (8y.). 
(5) Edwin Merryman, b. March 28, 1833; d. Aug. 20, 1835. 
(5) Frances Ellen Merryman, b. May 26, 1836; d. Feb. 18, 

1851. 
(5) William Edwin Merryman, b. 1838; d. Oct. 9, 1839. 
(5) Martha Ann Merryman, m. and lives at West Bath, Me.; 
no children. 
(4) Catherine Merryman, b. June 8, 1804; d. Jan. 2, 1890 
(85y.); m., April 7, 1830. Samuel C. Moody, b. Buxton, 
Me., July 6, 1805; d. Brunswick, Me., May 18, 1832; 
he was a farmer at the old Merryman homestead at 
Rocky Hill, Brunswick, Me. 
(5) John F. Moody, b. June 4, 1831; d. Aug. 28, 1898; single. 
(4) Harriet Merryman, b. 1806; d. March 6, 1882; single. 
(4) Nancy Merryman, b. April 27, 1808; d. Feb. 15, 1892; 

single. 
(4) Sarah Merryman, b. May 9, 1810; d. April 6, 1832; m., 1848, 
William Graves, b. Topsham, Me., March 10, 1797; d. 
May 27, 1863; farmer; son of William Graves and Sarah 
Jaques. 
(5) Charles Albert Graves, b. Dec. 31, 1849; m., Oct. 30, 1879, 
Kate Landers, d. Feb. 13, 1894 (42y.). 
(6) Twin sons, William Winthrope and John Melvin, b. 
March 15, 1881. 
(4) Martha Merryman, b. April 8, 1814; d. Dec. 15, 1886 (74y.) ; 
resided at New Meadows, Brunswick, Me.; m. Charles 
Cowen Snow, b. New Meadows, March 25, 1814; d. Sept. 
1, 1899; son of Jordan Snow and Lucy Cowen. 
(5) John Snow, b. Sept. 9, 1849; resides New Meadows, Me.; 
m. Miss Williams of Foster's Point, Me.; no children. 



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MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 47 

(5) Charles E. Snow, b. July 20, 1852; resides New Meadows, 
Me.; m., June 3, 1891, Ida M. Jordan, b. April 3, 1SG4; 
daughter of Augustus Jordan and Marietta Doughty. 
(6) Augustus Jordan Snow, b. June 9, 1893. ' 

(6) Ernest B. Snow, b. Oct. 27, 1897. 
(5) Abbie J. Snow, b. June 21, 1854; resides New Meadows, 

Me. 
(5) Alvah Snow, b. April 27, 1857; resides New Meadows, 
Me.; m. Josephine Linscott. 
(6) Bert Snow. 
(6) Abbie Snow. 
(4) Hugh Merryman, b. Aug. 27, 1814; d. May 2, 1896; resided 
Marinette, Wis.; m., Oct., 1841, Julia Ann Winslow, b. 
Sept. 16, 1823. 
(5) Cushman Merryman, b. Nov. 3, 1843; resides Lake Crys- 
tal, Minn.; m., in Fond du Lac, Wis., 1870, Minerva 
Billings. 
(5) Harriet Allen Merryman, b. March 14, 1852; m., May 24, 
1875, Samuel H. Johnstone; he is a merchant in Mari- 
nette, Wis. 
(5) Julia Ann Merryman, b. June 9, 1858; d. Fond du Lac, 

Wis., March 13, 1873. 
(5) Lizzie Neal Merryman, b. Sept. 5, 1864. 
(4) Cordelia Merryman, b. 1816; d. 1877; resided Rocky Hill, 
Brunswick, Me.; m. Stephen Stone, b. New Brunswick; 
d. at LaCrosse, Wis. 
(5) Six children. 



SECTION SECOND. 



Records of Hugh Merryman^, son of Ancestor Walter 
]\Ierrymani. Neither the date of his birth nor death could be 
found. Judging' by the date of his wife's birth he must 
have been born about 174-1. He lived for a long time on 
Birch Island, off Harpswell Neck. His home was noted as 
a place of great hospitality. 

Hugh Merryman married Delight Bailey^, who was born 
at Hanover, Mass., Jan. 12, 1745. Baptized, Hanover, 
Mass., Aug. 4, 1745. She was the daughter of Dea. Timothy 
Bailey* and his second wife, Hannah Curtiss. For the 
Bailey genealogy see the first page of this book. 



CHAPTER I. 

The first child of Hugh Merryman^ and Delight Bailey. 
(3) Timothy Merryman, b. Aug. 10, 1765; d. Jime 29, 1846; he d. 
in Topsham, Me., with his daughter, Mrs. Leah Tarr; m. 
Betsy Gardner of Birch Island, Harpswell, Me., b. Hanover, 
Mass., and d. Great Chebeague Island, about 1847; she was 
a sister of Maj. James Gardner. 
(4) Delight Merryman, m. Joel Ricker of Great Chebeague 
Island. 
(5) Robert Ricker, resides Deering, Me. 
(5) Rufus Ricker, resides Chebeague Island, Me. 
(5) Stephen Ricker, resides Chebeague Island, Me. 
(.5) George Ricker. 
(5) Sko\field Ricker. 
(5) Lizzie Ricker. 
(5) Hattie Ricker. 
(4) Hugh Merryman, b. Feb. 25, 1787;, d. Chebeague Island, 
Me., about. 1855; m. (first), April 6, 1814, Sarah Henley, 
daughter of John Henley, one of the first settlers of Nor- 
way, Me.; m. (second), Lucy Edwards of Portland, Me.; 
no children of this second marriage. 
(5) Mary Merryman, m Henry Eastman of Conway, N. H. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 49 

(5) Olive Merryman, m. Eben Hamilton of Great Chebeague 
Island, Me. 
(6) Nine children. 
(5) John Skolfield Merryman, b. Harpswell, Me., April 2, 
1826; d. Sept. 11, 1894; lived on Great Chebeague Island 
and at South Portland, Me; m., Jan. 1, 1851, Lavina 
Hamilton, b. Nov. 4, 182G; daughter of James Hamilton, 
Jr., and Sally Hutchins. 
(6) Ida Annette Merryman, b. Oct. 3, 1852; a very efficient 

trained nurse. 
(6) Alphonse Merryman, b. Oct. 15, 1853; a night watch- 
man in Portland, Me.; m., 1881, Sarah Bell. 
(6) Arthur Noyes Merryman, b. Oct. 27, 1857; d. about 1872. 
(C) John F. Merryman, b. Chebeague Island, Me., April 21, 
1859; moved to South Portland, Me., 1867; in the 
grocery business; has also been postmaster several 
years and tax collector 1889-93; m., Nov. IS, 1880, 
Caroline Thompson, b. Portland, Me., Nov. 24, 1860; 
daughter of Charles Thompson and Caroline Knight. 
(7) Florence Helena Merryman, b. Aug. 21, 1881. 
(7) Ethel Gertrude Merryman, b. July 2, 1883. 
(7) Alvah Tilton Merryman, b. March 31, 1885. 
• (7) Caroline Adelaide Merryman, b. Sept. 10, 1892. 
(6) Clarence Martin Merryman, b. Aug. 12, 1864; in the 
grocery business; m. Annie Collier. 
(7) Alice Horton Merryman, b. Sept. 9, 1891. 
(,7) Philip Robinson Merryman, b. Feb. 8, 1893. 
(5) Hannah Merryman, m. Ambrose Hamilton of Great Che- 
beague Island, Me. 
(6) Four children. 
(4) Timothy Merryman, Jr., b. Harpswell, Me., Jan. 19, 1789; 
killed by the falling of a block on a vessel in Boston 
Harbor when he was about twenty years old. 
(4) Delight Merryman, b. Dec. 5, 1791; m., March 28, 1809, 

Richard Tarr, b. July 19, 1783. 
(4) John Merryman, b. May 3, 1794; d.Dec, 1797. 
(4) Martin Merryman, b. Nov. 15, 1797; d. March 27, 1830; m. 
Margaret R. Miller of Brunswick, Me. 
(5) Caroline S. Merryman, b. 1830; d. July 10, 1864; m. Capt. 

Edward I. Farr of Orr's Island, Me. 
(5) Hugh Merryman, d. young. 
(4) Leah Merryman, b. Jan. 1, 1800; d. March 12, 1882; m., 
June 17, 1817, Clark Tarr, b. Harpswell, Me., June 27,. 
1795; d. at 84 years. 



50 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(5) Martha A. Tarr, b. Dec. 6, 1819; m., 1854, Edgar Snow. 
(5) Martin M. Tarr, b. Feb. 4, 1822; a doctor at Middletown, 
Ohio; m. (first), 1850, Hannah B. Lord of Limington, 
Me.; m. (second). May 3, 1867, Wilmina M. Taminy. 
Children of second wife: 

(G) Lillian E. Tarr, b. Sept. IG, 18G9; m. (first), 1880, 
George Anders; m. (second), James Leon Foster of 
Livermore Falls, Me. 
Child of first husband: 

(7) George Anders, Jr. 
(6) Stella W. Tarr, b. Oct. 2, 1872; m.. May 9, 1896, Ridge 
Shafer. He is in the coal business at Middleton, 
Ohio. 
(6) Warren M. Tarr, b. Oct. 22, 1874. 

(7) Orvis Tarr. 
(G) Zina Tarr, b. Jan. 21, 1879; m., Oct. 2, 1895, Edward 
Stover, b. Butler County, Ohio, April 26, 1874. 
(7) Almon Martin Stover, b. Nov. 9, 1896; d. Jan., 1897. 
(7) Earl Stover, b. Aug. 6, 1898. 
(G) Florence E. Tarr, b. Feb. 3, 1880; m., Feb. 16, 1898, 
Jacob E. Huff. 
(7) Velma Huff. 
(7) Herbert Huff. 
(5) Richard Tarr, b. April 9, 1825; d. Aug. 1, 1892; m., Dec. 
2, 1855, Margaret C. Alexander, b. Harpswell, Me., Oct. 
31, 1827; d. Dec. 2, 1891; daughter of Ezekiel Alexander 
and Elizabeth Allen. 
(G) Ezekiel C. Tarr, b. Dec. 10, 1856; resides Topsham, Me.; 
m., Dec. 10, 1887, Martha Jane Rich, b. Jan. 24, 1865; 
daughter of Zoeth Rich, Jr., and May G. Green. 
(7) Lizzie May Tarr, b. Jan. 2, 1890; d. July 2G, 1891. 
(G) James A. Tarr, b. Sept. 27, 1859; m., Oct. 12, 1888, 
Martha Lena Tedford. 
(7) Seven children. 
(C) Child, b. Oct. 30, 1861; d. Nov. 26, 1861. 
. (G) Child, b. Oct. 30, 1861; d. Dec. 11, 1861. 
(G) Lizzie Alexander Tarr, b. Oct. 23, 1867; m., Feb. 28, 

1894, Schuyler Colfax Andrews, b. . 

(7) Walter Clark Andrews, b. May 21, 1898. 
(5) Francis P. Tarr, b. April 6, 1827; m. Priscilla Harmon. 
(5) Albert J. Tarr, b. Feb. 4, 1830; m., Jan. 27, 1857, Bertha 
J. Alexander, b. Harpswell, Me., Nov. 23, 1828; daugh- 
ter of Ezekiel Alexander and Elizabeth Allen. 
(6) Henry A. Tarr, b. May 22, 1865; m., Jan. 10, 1899, 
Sadie J. Roberts. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 51 

(5) Kate C. Tarr, b. Oct. 11, 1832; m. Samuel Dain. 
(5) Elizabeth Tarr, b. June 9, 1S3G; m. Warren Dain. 
(5) Lucy A. Tarr, b. Dec. 2, 1839; m. Charles Jameson. 
(5) Lydia M. Tarr, b. July 29, 1846; m. A. M. Goodwin. 
(4) Elizabeth Merryman, b. Birch Island, Me., June 25, 1807; 
d. June 5, 18G5; m., Dec. 31, 1834, Capt. Benjamin Henley 
of Cape Elizabeth, Me., b. Feb. 27, 1805; d. Nov. 4, 1880; 

son of John Henley and Sarah . 

(5) Capt. Benjamin F. Henley, b. March 13, 1836. 
(5) Capt. Edward S. Henley, b. Sept. 7, 1837. 
(5) George Frederic Henley, b. June 8, 1840; for many years 
a most efficient principal of the grammar school. South 
Portland, Me.; m., Sept. 29, 1859, Miriam Lavina Day, 
b. Small Point, Me., June 14, 1839; daughter of Capt. 
Nelson Sprague Day and Mary B. Johnson. 
(6) Lizzie May Henley, b. Oct. 17, 1860; m., Sept. 6, 1884, 

Edward R. Farwell, who d. Sept., 1886. 
(6) Emeline Angle Henley, b. May 28, 18G3; d. Aug. 28, 

1864. 
(6) Emeline Theresa Henley, b. May 18, 1865. 
(6) Frederick Vernon Henley, b. May 25, 1867. 
(6) Myrtie Belle Henley, b. April 11, 1869; d. Oct. 30, 1884. 
(6) George HsLrmon Burns Henley, b. Aug. 16, 1872; d. 

May 8, 1877. 
(6) Clara G. Henley, b. June 16, 1874. 
(5) Capt. Harmon T. Henley, b. March 15, 1843; lost at sea 

on the Pacific coast, 1889; m. Lilly . 

(6) Martin; William; Jeremiah Treat. 
(5) Capt. Alpheus Henley, b. Aug. 29, 1844; lost at sea Aug. 
7, 1895; m. Louisa Sylvester. 
(6) Helen T. Henley, m. Captain Reed of Boothbay, Me. 
(6) Louisa Henley. 
(6) Rosamond Henley. 
(6) Son. 

(6) Three other children, d. of diphtheria in infancy. 
(5) Mary E. Henley, b. Aug. 29, 1847; resides Rockport, 
Mass.; m. Capt. Charles S. C. Orr, b. Dec. 7, 1840; son of 
Stephen Orr and Abigail Clark; grandson of Richard 
Orr and May Sinnett of Orr's Island, Me. 
(6) Four children, two of whom are deceased. 



CHAPTER II. 
The second child of Hugh Merryman^ and Delight Bailey. 
(3) Hugh, b. 17G7; d. young. 



52 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

CHAPTER III. 
The third child of Hugh Merryman- and Delight Bailey. 

(3) Hannah Bailey Merryman, b. 17G9; d. Dec. 25, 1843; m., April 
5, 1786, Stephen Sinnett^, b. Orr's Island, Me., July 16, 
1765; d. July 17, 1844 (79y.); son of Ancestor Michael Sin- 
netti of Orr's Island and Molly Ward of Hingham, Mass.; 
resided Orr's Island, Me.; 11 children. 
(4) Hannah Sinnett, b. July 2, 1787; d. March 21, 1865; m., 
March 12, 1812, Richard Orr, 2d., b. June, 1790; d. July 
22, 1848. 
(5) Rebecca Orr, m. David Orr, 2d. 

(6) Hugh; David; George E. 
(5) Mary Jane Orr, b. April 13, 1815; d. Dec. 19, 1890; m., 
Feb. 24, 1838, Isaac J. Littlejohn, b. Long Island, Me., 
Nov. 15, 1815; d. Jan. 14, 1893. 
(6) Hannah Bailey Littlejohn, b. Orr's Island, Me., June 
22, 1840; m., Dec. 11, 1858, Timothy B. Percy, b. 
Phippsburg, Me., Oct. 28, 1835; merchant at Port- 
land, Me. 
(7) Aurelia Clinton Percy, b. Nov. 17, 1859. 
(7) Gershom Lincoln Percy, b. Dec. 10, 1862; m., Jan. 23, 

1901, Myron Alton Craik of Minneapolis, Minn. 
(7) Clara Isabel Percy, b. Oct. 30, 1870; m., April 1, 1896, 
Charles H. Van Note of Boston, Mass. 
(8) Percival Van Note, b. 1897. 
(5) George Orr, b. Jan. 10, 1817; d. Feb. 22, 1878; m., Nov. 
20, 1845, Harriet N. Totman, b. Aug. 10, 1819; d. 1904. 
(5) Dunning Orr, b. Feb. 1, 1821; d. Sept. 15, 1880; m., Nov. 
18, 1848, Adeline G. Totman, b. Oct. 24, 1829; d. Dec. 
14, 1872. 
(6) Richard Orr. 
•(6) Harriet E. Orr 
(6) Hiram C. Orr. 
(6) Frank J. Orr. 
(5) Abigail Orr, b. Oct. 14, 1825; m., Dec. 12, 1845, Simeon 
Littlejohn. 
(6) Rebecca J.; Julie Ellen; Abner L.; Charlotte E.; Minot 
D.; Edward Simeon; Nathan H.; Hannah Y.; Jacob 
Howard. 
(4) Capt. James Sinnett, b. June 18, 1790; d. Dec. 21, 1881; 
resided Bailey's Island, Me.; a noble Christian man; m., 
March 11, 1812, May Johnson, b. May 30, 1790; d. March 
12, 1861; daughter of David Johnson and Jane Rodick. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 53 

(5) Capt. David Sinnett, b. Aug. 24, 1813; d. Nov. 22, 1888; 
m., Nov. G, 1839, Lucy J. Orr, b. Orr's Island, Me., 
Dec. 1, 1818; d. Nov. 17, 1885; daughter of Dea. William 
Orr. 
(6) Mary Frances Sinnett, b. Oct. 26, 1843; m. (first), 
Abizer Toothaker; m. (second), A. E. N. Bates of 
Portland, Me.; m. (third), Mr. Paul. 
Child of first husband: 

(7) Lucy Isabel Toothaker, b. Feb. 1, 1863. 
Child of second husband: 

(7) Ella Bates, b. May 25, 1876; m. Capt. Orrin V. Lee- 
man. 
(8) Eddie Leeman. 
( 8 ) Sumner -V. Leeman. 
(6) Capt. William Orr Sinnett, b. Dec. 7, 1840; d. .July 3, 
1904; m. Mary Ann Horn, b. Dec. 5, 1844; d. Feb. 
5, 1905. 
(7) Three sons. 

(8) Six grandchildren. 
(6) Harvey Swett Sinnett, b. Jan. 31, 1844; lost off Cape 

Horn Feb. 11, 1868. 
(6) Emery Warren Sinnett, b. March 10, 1849; drowned 

July 31, 1871. 
(6) Malvina Isabel Sinnett, b. July 10, 1851; m. Sumner 
W. Braley of Portland, Me. 
(7) Son, b. 1892; d. 1893. 
(5) Capt. Hugh Sinnett, b. Oct. 27, 1814; always resided 
at Bailey Island, Me.; m., Nov. 6, 1838, Margaret P. 
Perry, b. Jan. 8, 1816; d. July 11, 1902; daughter of 
Capt. David Perry and Jane Alexander. 
(6) David Perry Sinnett, b. Oct. 19, 1843; m., April 22, 1867, 
May Caroline Alexander, b. Oct. 16, 1840; d. Aug. 25, 
1886; daughter of David Perry Alexander and Finette 
Greenleaf. 
(7) Chester Sinnett, b. Feb. 12, 1868; m., March 24, 1892, 
Jennie S. Stetson, b. July 17, 1865. 
(8) Chester M. Sinnett. 
(8) Chester Perry Sinnett. 
(7) Herbert Perry Sinnett, b. Oct. 30, 1870; m., Sept. 24, 
1893, Mrs. Bessie D. Potter, b. West Gardiner, Me., 
Sept. 9, 1864. 
(8) Effie Mildred Sinnett, b. June 12, 1896. 
(7) Maggie Belle Sinnett, b. March 30, 1874; d. Dec. 3, 
1880. 



54 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(7)' Maggie E. Sinnett, b. March 30, 1S74; m. Claude R. 
Johnson, b. Dec. 17, 1878. 
(8) Vilera Belle Johnson, b. March 14, 1902. 
(G) Charles Nelson Sinnett, b. May 31, 1847; Congrega- 
tional minister; writer of books and of prose and 
verse for papers and magazines. 
(5) Ralph Sinnett, b. Dec. 16, 1818; d. Sept. 26, 1891; m., 

Jan. 7, 1855, Jane Pinkham of Harpswell, Me. 
(5) Mary Sinnett, b. Nov. 27, 1822; d. June 25, 1905; m. 
(first), Nov. 6, 1841, Adam Sinnett, b. Oct. 26, 1817; d. 
June 8, 1844; m. (second). May 27, 1849, John Douglass 
of Bucksport, Me., b. Oct. 20, 1820; d. March 20, 1889; 
son of William Douglass and Mary Sinnett*. 
Child of first husband: 

(6) Edward Farr Sinnett, b. Dec. 2, 1842; m., Dec. 11, 1867, 
Clara D. Hopkins, who d. May 15, 1896. 
(7) Vernon Howard Sinnett, b. Aug. 29, 1868; m., Dec. 
31, 1895, Ethel Farmer, b. Verona, Me., Feb. 16, 
1876. 
(8) Ralph Vernon Sinnett, b. March 12, 1897. 
(8) Frances Sinnett, b. Jan. 15, 1904. 
(7) Jennie Stover Sinnett, b. Nov. 22, 1869. 
Child of second husband: 

(6) James Howard Douglass, b. Oct. 17, 1850; m. (first), 
Annie L. Smith, who d. Oct. 3, 1895; m. (second). 
May 28, 1896, Florence Young. 
Children of first wife: 

(7) John H. Douglass, b. Oct. 13, 1884. 
(7) Paul Douglass, b. March 28, 1893. 
(5) James Sinnett, Jr., b. July 9, 1825; m. (first). May 1, 
1853, Margaret Johnson, b. Feb. 11, 1834; d. 1863; m. 
(second), Jan. 18, 1864, Hannah S. Blake, b. Boothbay, 
Me., Jan. 11, 1823; d. Jan. 29, 1900. 
Children of first wife: 

(6) Mary Jane Sinnett, b. Feb. 11, 1856; d. April 22, 1864. 
(6) Gertrude H. Sinnett, b. May 3, 1858; d. April 22, 1864. 
(6) Walter Scott Sinnett, b. 1860; m., Oct. 8, 1890, Lucy 
Emma Johnson, b. May 16, 1872. 
(7) Gertie May; David S.; John M.; Ida. 
Child of second wife: 

(6) Curtiss Sumner Sinnett, b. Aug. 1, 1867; d. 1869. 
(5) Capt. William Sinnett, b. Nov. 27, 1827; d. Jan. 14, 1894; 
m., Jan. 4, 1852, Sarah Bennett, b. Bucksport, Me., 
June 4, 1828; daughter of Davis Bennett and Sally 
Sinnett*. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 55 

(6) Clara Ella Sinnett, d. Nov. 22, 1S56. 
(6) Jennie Sinnett, d. Nov. 30, 1863. 

(6) Clara Ella Sinnett, b. June 19, 1858; m., 1878, Oscar 
Skillings. 
(7) Sarah Louise Skillings, b. March 31, 1879; m., April 
12, 1894, Edwin Herbert Hartshorn, b. Dec. 25, 1876. 
(8) Alice Louise Hartshorn, b. Nov. 25, 1897. 
(7) George Hugh Bennett Skillings, b. May 19, 1880; m., 
Nov. 28, 1901, Gertrude S. Soule, b. Feb. 7, 1880. 
(8) George Franklin Skillings, b. Jan. 19, 1904. 
(7) William Franklin Skillings, b. Oct. 4, 1884. 
(7) Everett Sinnett Skillings, b. July 16, 1888. 
(5) Jane Johnson Sinnett, b. June 20, 1830; d. Jan., 1876; m.. 
May 1, 1851, Capt. Lemuel Hinkly Stover, b. March 6, 
1825. 
(6) May Louise Stover, b. Dec. 22, 1852; m., Oct. 9, 1877, 
Capt. James Lewis Orr, b. March 28, 1846; d. May 10, 
1900. 
(7) Ethel Waldron Orr, b. Dec. 30, 1882. 
(6) Lizzie Morton Stover, b. Aug. 8, 1855; m., April 29, 
1885, Capt. Sylvester S. Dunning, b. Jan. 9, 1854. 
(7) Herbert Sylvester Dunning, b. March 2, 1887. 
(7) Willis Chandler Dunning, b. May 2, 1889. 
(6) Lemuel Stover, Jr., b. Aug. 17, 1865; d. Jan. 17, 1866. 
(5) Hannah Bailey Sinnett, b. Jan. 11, 1836; d. Feb. 16, 1901; 
m. (first), Dec. 5, 1852, Capt. William Thomas, b. 
Oct. 23, 1823; d. 1858; m. (second), Jan., 1872, Capt. 
James Thomas, b. Aug. 23, 1819; d. March 16, 1901. 
Child of first husband: 

(6) Paulina Thomas, b. Aug. 9, 1857; m., Dec. 19, 1878, 
Capt. Edmond F. Black, b. Dec. 19, 1854. 
(7) May Isabel Black, b. Sept. 25, 1879; m., Jan. 29, 
1899, Walter E. Johnson. 
(8) Two children. 
(7) Jennie Emeline Black, b. March 9, 1880; m., Oct. 6, 

1903, Willie W. Johnson. 
(7) William Thomas Black, b. Sept. 17, 1881; m., Jan., 

1903, Susie E. Bennett. 
(7) Charles Perry Black, b. May 23, 1885; d. Nov. 14, 

1902. 
(7) Margaret Sinnett Black, b. July 4, 1887. 
(7) Hannah Bailey Black, b. Aug. 7, 1890. 
Children of second husband: 

(6) Ralph Thomas, b. April 1, 1874; m.. July 3, 1900, Char- 
lotte M. Estes. 



56 



MERRYMxVN GENEALOGY. 

(6) Jennie Thomas, b. Feb. 4, 1877; d. Aug. 22, 1877. 
(4) Hugh Sinnett, b. Sept. 12, 1792; d. Dec. 26, 1876; m., Dec. 
18, 1817, Susannah Orr, b. May 2, 1798; d. Jan. 25, 1861. 
(5) Richard Orr Sinnett, b. July 18, 1818; d. Nov. 21, 1852; 
m., Nov. 14, 1839, Paulina Farr, b. 1820; d. April 29, 
1885. 
(6) Hugh Sinnett, m. twice. 

(7) Two children. 
(6) Almira Sinnett, m. Levi Snow. 
(6) Susan Ann Sinnett, m. Edwin Smith. 

(7) Two sons. 
(6) Arabel Sinnett, b. Jan. 22, 1848; d. March 18, 1862. 
(6) Francis Marion Sinnett, b. Jan. 9, 1851. 
(5) Hannah Sinnett, b. Jan. 7, 1821; d. Jan. 29, 1842; m. 
James Sinnett, 2d., b. Oct. 26, 1811; d. March 27, 1871. 
(6) George W. Sinnett, m. Hannah Thompson. 
(7) Two children. 

(8) Three grandchildren. 
(6) Harriet Ann Sinnett, m. David Doughty. 
(7) Seven children. 
(5) Sarah Ann Sinnett, b. Jan. 19, 1825; d. Jan. 6, 1905; m., 
Oct. 19, 1845, James Sinnett, 2d., b. Oct. 26, 1811; d. 
March 27, 1871. 
(6) Hannah Sinnett, b. 1846; d. June 29, 1863. 
(6) Julia Emeline, b. Sept. 1, 1855; m. Jesse W. Doughty, 
b. April 2, 1852. 
(7) Three children. 
(5) Hiram Sinnett, b. Sept. 15, 1826; d. Aug. 30, 1860; m. 
Priscilla Jane Littlejohn. 
(6) Hiram Granville Sinnett, b. Jan. 8, 1859; m. Annie J. 
Boyd of Winthrop, Me. 
(7) Child. 
(5) John Sinnett, b. March 19, 1829; m. (first), Mary An- 
drews of Lisbon, Me.; m. (second), Rebekah J. C. 
Skolfield, b. Jan. 22, 1833; d. Aug. 26, 1902. 
Child of first wife: 

(6) Freddie, b. July 4, 1859; d. Sept. 23, 1882. 
Children of second wife: 
(6) Five children. 

(7) Eight grandchildren. 
(5) Mary Jane Sinnett, b. Jan. 28, 1836; d. Nov. 24, 1854; m. 

Abizer S. Toothaker. 
(5) William Henry Sinnett, b. Jan. 28, 1836; m., Jan. 9, 1857, 
Joanna Thompson, b. Jan. 25, 1839. 
(6) Four children. 



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(7) Seven grandchildren. 
(4) Mary Sinnett, b. Jan. 31, 1795; d. April 5, 1875; m., Feb. 4, 
1819, William Douglass, b. Jan. 12, 1795; d. Bucksport, 
Me., Jan. 21, 1821; son of Elijah Douglass and Jenny 
Grant. 
(5) John Douglass, m. Mary Sinnett. (See p. 54.) 
(5) Julia A. Douglass, m. John R. Chipman. 
(6) Seven children. 
(7) Six grandchildren. 
(5) Capt. William Douglass, m. Thankful W. Hinks. 
(6) Four children. 

(7) Five grandchildren. 
(5) Richard Douglass; single. 
(5) Eliza Handy Douglass, m. Jesse Atwood. 
(6) Three children. 

(7) Four grandchildren. 
(5) Stephen Douglass, m. Lucia R. Everett. 
(5) Davis B. Douglass, m. Priscilla Atwood.- 
(5) Mary Jane Douglass, m. William Williams. 

(6) Four children. * 

(7)' Two grandchildren. 
(4) John Sinnett, b. July 14, 1797; d. Aug. 17, 1893 (96y., Im., 
3d.); m., Nov. 27, 1823, Anna Orr, h. Sept. 30, 1803; d. 
Dec. 29, 1858; daughter of Richard Orr, 1st, and Mary 
Sinnett. 
(5) Mary Orr Sinnett, b. Oct. IG, 1823; resides Santa Cruz, 
Cal.; m., Oct. 14, 1847, Henry Jordan. 
(6) Three children. 

(7) Four grandchildren. 
(5) Susan Sinnett, b. Dec. 29, 1825. 

(5) Arthur Reed Sinnett, b. May 29, 1829; m. (first), Olive 
M. Durgan; m. (second), Elizabeth Sprague of Phipps- 
burg. Me. 
(6) Seven children. 
(7) Six grandchildren. 
(5) Eliza Sinnett, b. Nov. 10, 1831. 

(5) John Edward Sinnett, b. March 27, 1834; resides Sacra- 
mento, Cal.; m. (first), Paulina W. Snow; m. (second), 
Arabella V. Carpenter of Sacramento, Cal. 
Children of first wife: 
(6) Three children. 

(7) Two grandchildren. 
Child of second wife: 

(6) Leone Sinnett, b. Feb. 28, 1882; m., April 8, 1900, Frank 
B. Gillett; stenographer. 



58 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(5) Olive Ann Sinnett, b. Nov. 10, 1S3G; m., July 18, 1873, 

Moses A. Meader, who d. Oct. 13, 1890. 
(5) Evalina Sinnett, b. March 10, 1839. 

(5) Lydia Ellen Sinnett, b. July 7, 1841; m.. May 27, 1888, 
William S. Robinson of Weld, Me. 
(4) Olive Sinnett, b. March 31, 1800; d, Oct. 20, 1890; m., Dec. 
2, 1824, Capt. David Doughty, b. Nov. 11, 1800; d. Feb. 1, 
1885; resided Great Island, Me. 
(5) Jesse Doughty, b. Feb. 18, 1827; d. Nov., 1831. 
(5) James Doughty,' b. May 18, 1828; lost at sea, Jan. 19, 

1861; m. Hannah Chapman. 
(5) William Doughty, b. April 16, 1831; d. Aug. 19, 1897; m. 
Sept. 13, 1859, Mary P. Holbrook, b. Nov. 7, 1833. 
(6) Hugh S. Doughty, b. Aug. 23, 1860; m., Aug. 13, 1890, 
• Emma E. Snow. 

(6) Almira K. Doughty, b. July 10, 1842; m., June 3, 1893, 
Walter T. Curtiss of West Harpswell, Me. 
(7) Four children. 
(6) Carrie A. Doughty, b. June 21, 1864; m. George L. 
Roberts of Brunswick, Me. 
(7) James L. Roberts, b. Dec. 6, 1888. 
(6) Olive E. Doughty, b. Aug. 3. 1865; d. Aug. 7, 1883. 
(6) James W. Doughty, b. Sept. 21, 1866; m., Feb-. 6, 1885, 
Mrs. Eliza F. (Orr) Pennell, b. Brunswick, Me., June 
10, 1860. 
(7) Grace Mary Doughty, b. Feb., 1886; d. March, 1886. 
(7) Mildred Josephine Doughty, b. Aug. 10, 1892. 
(7) Elbert James Doughty, b. Dec. 29, 1894. 
(7) Frances Eliza Doughty, b. Dec. 1, 1897. 
(7) Catherine Olive Doughty, b. July 10, 1889; d. Dec. 17, 
1892. 
(6) David Henry Doughty, b. Jan. 28, 1873. 
(5) Hugh S. Doughty, b. Aug. 6, 1833; d. Cuba, May 8, 1852. 
(4) Sally Sinnett, b. Aug. 6, 1802; d. Oct. 4, 1890; m., March 
28, 1822, Davis Bennett, b. July 15, 1793; d. Bucksport, 
Me., Feb. 4, 1866; son of Job Bennett and Mary Haridan. 
(5) Twelve children. 

(6) Forty-four grandchildren. 

(7) Forty-five great-grandchildren. 
(4) Elmira Sinnett, b. July 7, 1804; d. April 2, 1892; m., Dec. 
28, 1826, John Kemp, b. Nov. 24. 1797; d. Aug. 24, 1859. 
(5) Stephen S. Kemp, m. Lydia Raymond Coombs. 
(6) Lydia Abbie Kemp, m. Albert P. Alexander. 
(5) Almira S. Kemp, m. Oilman Dresser. 
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1 (7) Six children. 

(G) Adelaide Dresser, m. Sam O. Holbrook. 

(7) Eight children. 
(6) Fannie Dresser, m. Charles Hamilton. 
(6) Fred H. Dresser. 
(5) William Henry Kemp, m. Cornelia Ann Johnson. 
(6) Fourteen children. 

(7) Seventeen grandchildren. 
(4) Delight Sinnett, b. May 2, 1807; d. 1904 (97y., 2m., 13d.); 
m., Dec. 16, 1831, Capt. William Doughty of Great Island, 
Me. 
(5) Hannah Ann Doughty, b. Feb. 18, 1840; m., June 9, 1861, 
Augustus P. Jordan. 
(6) Ida Mary Jordan, b. April 3, 1864; m., Jan. 3, 1891, 
Charles E. Snow. 
(7) Augustus J. Snow, b. June 9, 1893. 
(7) Ernest S. Snow, b. Oct. 27, 1897. 
(6) Harvey W. Jordan, b. June 2, 1872. 
(5) William Henry Doughty, b. Sept. 14, 1844; d. Sept. 9, 

1896. 
(5) Marietta Doughty, b. March 28, 1846; m., May 6, 1865, 
Charles E. Trufant. 
(6) Mary Stover Trufant, b. Oct. 10, 1873; m., March 6, 
1895, Fred S. Curtiss. 
(7) Mildred T. Curtiss, b. Aug. 11, 1898. 
(6) Charles Irving Trufant, b. Nov. '23, 1879; m., Dec. 31, 
1904, Olive Metcalf Weeks. 
(5) Sarah Frances Doughty, b. Feb. 21, 1848; m., April 3, 
1867, Isaiah G. Trufant of Durham, Me., who d. Dec. 
4, 1894. 
(6) Marietta Trufant, b. Jan. 10, 1870; m., Nov. 26, 1889, 
Merton G. Stackpole. 
(7) Hazel Trufant Stackpole, b. March 13, 1891. 
(6) William D. Trufant, b. Jan. 20, 1874; m., March 16, 
1895, Florence M. Brown. 
(7) Gladys Mary Trufant, b. May 11, 1896. 
(4) Stephen Sinnett, b. Sept. 7, 1811; d. May 1, 1893; m. (first), 
Dec. 6, 1832, Thankful Johnson; m. (second), Sept. 23, 
1866, Caroline Leeman. 
Child of first wife: 

(5) Abigail Sinnett, b. 1834; d. July 19, 1881; m. (first), 
Dec. 26, 1854, George Farr; m. (second), Nov. 25, 1860, 
John H. Frye. 
(4) Deborah Sinnett, b. May 27, 1811; d. Dec. 15, 1852; single. 



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CHAPTER IV. 
The fourth child of Hugh Meriyman^ and Delight Bailey. 

(3) John Merryman, b. 1771; d. Bath, Me., Nov. 5, 1827; m., Aug. 
21, 1797, Molly Skolfields; daughter of Thomas Skolfield^, 
Jr., and Ann Anderson. 
(4) Susan Merryman, b. Aug. 17, 1798; d. at Brunswick, Me., 
Dec. 6, 1824; m., in Robbinston, Me., 1815, Otis Childs, a 
merchant of Eastport, Me., and d. Oct. 16, 1824. 
(5) Mary Skolfield Childs, b. Eastport, Me., Jan. 9, 1821; m., 
in Lubec, Me., Nov. 28, 1847, George Russell, a ship- 
builder; resides 20 Veranda Street, Portland, Me. 
(G) George Edward Russell, b. Aug. 24, 1848; d. Nov. 7, 

1849. 
(G) Abbie Saraph Russell, b. May 15, 1851. 
(6) Edna Atwood Russell, b. Dec. 8, 1852; m., Aug., 1872, 
William W. Merrill. 
(7) Novena Aldine Merrill, b. March 27, 1874; m., June 

27, 1890, Arthur Winslow Clark of Portland, Me. 
(7) Edna Russell Merrill, b. Dec. 15, 1875; m., Sept. 15, 
1897, Ralph L. Merrill of Portland, Me. 
(8) Helen Frances Merrill, b. Dec. 2, 1898. 
(8) Russell Merrill, b. April, 1901. 
(7) George Russell Merrill, b. Sept. 9, 1878. 
(7) Margaret Merrill, b. Dec. 24, 1879; graduated Colby 

University, Me. 
(7) William Leavitt Merrill, b. Oct. 9, 1881; linotypist. ' 
(6) Eben George Russell, b. May 7, 1855. 
(6) Martha Balch Russell, b. Feb. 12, 1857. 
(5) Martha Susan Childs, b. Portland, Me., Oct. 6, 1823; d. 
Lubec, Me., Oct. 2G, 1865; m., Dec. 24, 1844, James' W. 
Congdon, a farmer of Lubec, Me., who d. Oct., 1883. 
Children b. at Lubec, Me.: 

(6) Mary C. Congdon, b. March 16, 1848; m., Nov. 18, 1868, 
William Russell, a ship carpenter. 
(7) Grace Merryman Russell, b. Dec. 22, 1869; m., Nov. 

6, 1895, Dana Libby, a civil engineer. 
(7) Alice Gertrude Russell, b. Feb. 2, 1875, a teacher at 
Portland, Me. 
(6) Martha Hannah Congdon, b. Sept. 6, 1853; m., in Deer- 
ing, Me., Dec. 24, 1878, Adin Arnold. 
(7) Bessie Arnold, m. Herbert Trigley. 
(6) Addie Vesta Congdon, b. Nov. 23, 1855. 



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^ (6) William Cliilds Congdon, b. Feb. 23, 1857; d. July 3, 
1878. 
(6) George Augustus Congdon, b. Nov. 22, 1859; clerk in 

West Somerville, Mass. 
(G) Frank Everett Congdon, b. May 21, ISGl; m., June 9, 
1885, Alice Maria Cole, b. Bridgton, Me., Dec. 3, 
1864; daughter of Jacob Porter Cole and Phoebe 
Jane Fessenden. 
(7) Frank Gilbert Congdon, b. Feb. 30, 1883. 
(7) William Everett Congdon, b. June 9, 188G. 
(7) Edith Mildred Congdon, b. March 31, 1888. 
(7) Catherine Renewed Congdon, b. April 5, 1889. 
(4) Almira Merryman, b. Birch Island, Me., Nov. 27, 1801; d. 
Everett, Mass., Nov. 15, 1879; m., in Brunswick, Me., 
Nov., 1830, Lewis Waterman, b. Buckfield, Me., Dec. 18, 
1798; d. April 15, 18G9; his parents, John Waterman and 
Keziah Smith, were pioneers at Buckfield, Me. 
(5) Vesta J. Waterman, b. Livermore Falls, Me., May 14, 
1834; resides Everett, Mass.; she gave fine help with 
these records; m., as his second wife, James Congdon, 
who d. Oct., 1833. 
(G) Myra Congdon, a trained nurse in New York City. 
(G) Lillian Congdon, m. Emery Cobb. 

(7) Addie; Myra. 
(G) James Congdon. 
(5) Ormond L. Waterman, b. 1843; d. 1868. 
(5) Adeline M. Waterman, m. Nathaniel Ames of Medford, 
Mass. 
(6) Nathaniel Ames, Jr. 
(4) Jacob Merryman, m. Susan Baker of Portland, Me. 
(5) Susan Merryman. 
(5) Walter Merryman. 
(5) Richard Merryman. 

(5) Mary Etta Merryman, m. William Kelly. 
(G) Walter; Eugene; Ralph. 
(4) Martha Merryman, b. Dec. 26, 1803; d. West Lubec, Me., 
Oct. 17, 1870; m., in Brunswick, Me., Dec. 30, 1835, Hiram 
Augustus Balch, b. Bangor, Me., Oct. 29, 1804; d. West 
Lubec, Me., Jan. 29, 1872; a shipbuilder and did a large 
mill and lumber business; son of Maj. John Balch and 
Hannah Stone. 
(5) Hiram Augustus Balch, b. Trescot, Me., Sept. 13, 1837; 
drowned in Chehalis River, Wash., after saving lives of 
his wife and three children, Jan. 23, 1894. ' He resided 



62 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

at Oakdale, Wash. He has a large number of descend- 
ants. 
(5) Hannah Balch, b. Trescot, Me., Oct. 24, 1839; d. March 
17, 1886; m., in Lubec, Me., Feb. 4, 1866, Abner Mc- 
Fadden. 
(6) Martha Balch McFadden, b. Trescot, Me., Nov. 24, 
1866; m., March 1, 1899, Fred M. Fanning. 
(7) Hilda Grace Fanning, b. July 18, 1901. 
(6) Lewis Balch McFadden, b. Trescot, Me., Sept. 22, 1869. 
(6) Mary H. McFadden, b. Trescot, Me., Sept. 19, 1871. 
(5) Harriet M. Balch, b. Nov. 4, 1842; resides Pleasantdale, 
Me.; m., Dec. 6, 1879, Albert Fickett, b. Cape Elizabeth, 
Me., Dec. 29, 1853; farmer; son of Eben Fickett and 

Martha . 

(5) Mary Susan Balch, b. Trescot, Me., April 4, 1845; d. Jan. 

7, 1873. 
(5) Albert Benjamin Balch, b. Lubec, Me., Oct. 11, 1848; 
resides Idaho; for a number of years he taught in, and 
superintended the schools of, Chehalis, Wash.; then in 
real estate business. 



CHAPTER V. 

The fifth child of Hugh IMeriyman- and Delight Bailey. 

(3) Olive Merryman, b. 1774; d. Aug. 7, 1851; m., June 7, 1808, 
Ebenezer Durgan, who d. Nov. 1, 1852. This family resided 
on Birch Island. 
(4) John Durgan, b. Dec. 23, 1808; d. April, 1900; ship carpen- 
ter; m. Mrs. Margaret (Miller) Merryman, widow of 
Martin Merryman. 
(5) Ebenezer Durgan, b. Sept. 20, 1835; d. Jan. 20, 1847. 
(5) Olive M. Durgan, b. Sept. 20, 1835; d. Oct. 3, 1854; m., 
Jan. 25, 1853, Arthur R. Sinnett of Orr's Island, Me., b. 
May. 29, 1829; no children. 
(5) John Edwin Durgan, b. Aug. 14, 1837. 
(5) Lydia Ann Morrison Durgan. b. Dec. 23, 1840; m., Nov. 
23, 1865, Capt. Edward T. Farr of Orr's Island, Me. 
(6) Ernest S. Farr, b. Sept. 18, 1867. 
(5) Mary Eaton Durgan, b. May 23, 1844; d. June 21, 1847. 
(5) Zachary Taylor Durgan, b. Dec. 4, 1848. 
(4) Timothy Merryman Durgan, b. Dec. 18, 1813; single. 
(4) James Durgan, b. Feb. 25, 1816; m. Sally Alexander, daugh- 
ter of Ezekiel Alexander. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 63 

(5) Paul A. Durgan, b. July IS, 1836; m. Florilla R. Knapp 
of Livermore, Me. 

(6) Elford Durgan, b. July 9, 1870. 

(6) Charles R. Durgan, b. Oct. 1, 1877. 

(6) Archie J. Durgan, b. Sept. 12, 1880. 
(5) Ezekiel Durgan, b. Oct. 25, 1838. 
(5) James Durgan, b. May 9, 1841. 

(5) Henry M. Durgan, b. Dec. 27, 1843; d. June 13, 1844. 
(5) Pel eg Durgan, b. Feb. 3, 1846. 
(5) Samuel Durgan, b. Jan. 13, 1848. 



CHAPTER VI. 

The sixth child of Hugh INIerrymau^ and Delight Bailey. 

(3) Capt. Nathaniel Merryman, b. April 22, 1776; d. April 10, 
1819; sea captain and farmer; m., Jan. 12, 1803, Po'ly Merry- 
mans, b. Harpswell, Me., Dec. 11, 1782; d. May 20, 1867; 
daughter of James Merryman^ and Hannah Blake. 
(4) Almira Merryman, b. Sept. 14, 1804; d. Feb. 6, 1882; single. 
(4) Mary Merryman, d. young. 
(4) Hannah Merryman, m. John Wade; lived South Thomaston, 

Me.; no children. 
(4) Lydia Merryman, m. Capt. Oliver Gray; lived South Thom- 
aston, Me. 
(5) The children, Olive and John, are deceased. 
(4) Nathaniel Merryman, b. Oct. 28, 1808; d. Nov. 6, 1867; re- 
sided South Thomaston, Me.; m. Eliza J. Haskell. 
(5) Mary Ann; Myra; Mary Jane. 
(4) John Merryman, b. Aug. 8, 1811; d. March 20, 1859; farmer 
at Owl's Head, Me.; m., July 5, 1836, Deborah Spring, b. 
July 5, 1800; d. Camden, Me., Jan. 1, 1887; daughter of 
Thomas Spring and Hannah Dunbar. 
(5) Frances Louisa Merryman, b. July 1, 1837; resides Cam- 
den, Me.; m., June 4, 1870, Jeremiah Hall, b. Lincoln- 
ville, Me., 1824; farmer; son of Hezekiah Hall and 
Mary Fernald. 
(5) William W. Merryman, b. Jan. 8, 1841; d. Dec. 7, 1901; 
fisherman at Owl's Head, Me.; m., Oct. 11, 1861, Ellen 
C. Arey, b. Owl's Head, Me., Sept. 20, 1841; daughter of 

James Arey and Mary . 

(6) Capt. John W. Merryman, b. Nov. 2, 18G2; m. Mary E. 

Leonard. 
(6) Ivan Merryman, b. Dec. 24, 1863; carpenter at South 
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(5) Lydia Merryman, b. Nov. 18, 1843; resides Norridgewock, 
Me.; m., May 21, 1862, James Campbell of Bowdoin- 
ham, Me.; farmer. 
(6) Fred G. Campbell, b. May 24, 1863; farmer: m., May, 
1896, Mrs. Flora McSola. 
(7) Three children. 
(6) Albertina Campbell, b. May 9, 1866; m.. May 2, 1886, 
Alvin Huff of Fairfield, Me.; farmer. 
(7) Eight children. 
(6) Cecil Campbell, b. March 29, 1871; m., Feb., 1899, Mrs. 
Annie Conkling of Bangor, Me. 
(5) Isaac Wallace Merryman, b. South Thomaston, Me., Nov. 
18, 1843; d. April 13, 1890; sailor and farmer; m. 
Amanda Malvina Libby, b. Carmel, Me., Feb. 7, 1838; 
d. Feb. 5, 1892. 
(6) Sidney Merryman, b. July 7, 18G7; d. Jan. 4, 1888. 
(6) Nettie Merryman, b. Carmel, Me., Oct. 16, 1872; m., 
Jan. 23, 1897, Clifford Ashley Knapp, b. Kingfield, 
Me., Aug. 7, 1872; farmer; son of Albion P. Knapp 
and Lucinda B. Phillips. 
(7) Sidney Walter Knapp, b. July 29, 1899. 
(5) Louisa W. Merryman, b. May 18, 1847; d. April 5, 1882. 
(5) Helena H. Merr.yman, b. Owl's Head, Me., March 15, 1849; 
resides Pittsfield, Me.; m., Nov. 14, 1870, Jefferson C. 
Humphrey, b. Pittsfield, Me., Sept. 12, 1848; manufac- 
turer of shovel handles; son of Silas Humphrey and 
Dolly Chase. 
(6) Vernon B. Humphrey, b. Dec. 19, 1871; d. July 25, 

1894. 
(6) Sydney P. Humphrey, b. Nov. 27, 1873; graduated from 
Maine Central Institute, 1892; paper hanger and dec- 
orator; m.. May 16, 1899, Ella M. Holt of Clinton, 
Me. 
(6) Elias Humphrey, b. May 7, 1874; d. July 22, 1876. 
(6) Walter J. Humphrey, b. Nov. 20, 1875; farmer; grad- 
uated from Maine Central Institute, 1893; m.. May 
8, 1897, Bertha C. Bragg of Pittsfield, Me. 
(7) Vernon Humphrey, b. Aug. 9, 1898. 
(7) Ellen J. Humphrey, b. June 13, 1901. 
(6) Louise H. Humphrey, b. Dec. 25, 1877; m.. May 14, 
1898, Leroy P. White, b. Pittsfield, Me., Nov. 14, 
1878. 
(6) Ethel F. Humphrey, b. Sept. 11, 1880; teacher; grad- 
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(6) Frank L. Humphrey, b. Dec. 29, 1883. 
(6) La Forest J. Humphrey, b. Sept. 2, 1886. 
(6) Justin C. Humphrey, b. Aug. 26, 18S9. 
(4) Joel Merryman; deceased; single. 

(4) Fannie Merryman, b. Oct. 12, 1817; d. Owl's Head, Me., 
Aug. 5, 1893. She was for many years a most faithful 
member of the First Baptist Church; m., as his second 
wife, Johnson Pillsbury of South Thomaston, Me. 
(4) Jacob Merryman, b. Aug. 25, 1819; d. Aug. 23, 1896; farmer 
at South Thomaston, Me.; m., Dec. 13, 18GS, Nancy Merry- 
man^, b. May 14, 1839; daughter of James Merrymans 
and Lois Miller. 
(5) George B. Merryman, b. Aug. 31, 1869. 
(5) Mary Merryman, b. Sept. 17, 1870; d. Oct. 3, 1876. 
(5) Cora F. Merryman, b. Feb. 13, 1872. 



CHAPTER VII. 

The seventh child of Hugh Merryman^ and Delight 
Bailey. 

(3) James Merryman, b. 1779; d. March 16, 1872; m., Sept. 11, 
1834, Lois Miller, who d. Nov. 11, 1857 (56y., 2m.). 
(4) James Merryman, b. Feb. 9, 1836; a superintendent of 

bridge building, etc.; m. Valera Murch. 
(4) Nancy Merryman, b. May 14, 1839. (See above.) 
(4) Hugh Merryman, b. Oct. 31, 1841; lost on the steamer 
Portland, Nov. 27, 1898; fireman for 13 years; m., Nov. 
21, 1876, Malvina Brundy. 
(5) Warren Merryman, b. Oct. 23, 1877. 
(4) Ellen Merryman, b. 1843; m. Frank Lewis of Deering, Me. 
(5) Grace Lewis, m. Lewis Waterhouse. 
(5) Nora Lewis. 
(4) George C. Merryman; resides Cumberland Mills, Me.; m. 
(first), Isabella Robbins; m. (second), Sarah Grimes. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

The eighth child of Hugh Merryman^ and Delight 
Bailey. 
(3) Bethiah Sprague Merryman, b. Aug. 14, 1782; d. June 22, 

1843; m., April 29, 1810, Capt. John Orr Skolfields, b. Oct. 

5, 1785; d. June 1, 1845; son of Thomas Skolfields, Jr., and 

Ann Anderson. 

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(4) Caroline Skolfield, b. Freeport, Me., April 25, 1811; d. May 
28, 1858; m., Dec, 1829, George Chase, b. Freeport, Me., 
1803; d. 1858; son of William Chase and Alice Anderson; 
m. (second), Oct. 11, 1842, Ebenezer Hill of Great Che- 
beague Island, Me., who d. Feb. 23, 1876; son of Ebenezer 
Hill and Lucy Hamilton. 
Children of first husband: 

(5) Susan Merryman Chase, b. Freeport, Me., Nov. 18, 1831; 
m., Nov. 27, 1850, Elias Ross, b. Great Chebeague 
Island, Me., July 1, 1827; farmer; son of Samuel Ross 

and Susan . 

(6) George Chase Ross, b. June 7, 1851; m. (first), Emma 
Thompson, who d. May 27, 1878 (22y., 6m.); m. 
(second), July 4, 1885, Mrs. Isabella (Johnson) 
Bryan. 
(5) Lavina Albertina Chase, b. Oct. 31, 1833; resides Port- 
land, Me.; m., Dec. 19, 1850, Capt. Isaac Hamilton, b. 
Great Chebeague, Me., Feb. 24, 1827; d. April 15, 1885; 
son of John Hamilton and May Henley. 
(6) May Albertina Hamilton, b. Jan. 10, 1852; d. April 24, 

1862. 
(6) Julia Estelle Hamilton, b. Sept. 2, 1854; m. (first), 
Dec. 20, 1870, Parker Beckwith, b. East Lyme, Ct., 
Feb. 5, 1848; merchant; m. (second). May 5, 1894, 
William H. Bush, b. July 28, 1862; mechanic; son 

of William P. Bush and Laura . 

Children of first husband: 

(7) Minnie Emma Beckwith, b. March 10, 1874; resides 
Niantic, Ct.; m., June 6, 1895, Samuel Rogers, Jr., 
bookkeeper. 
(8) Benjamin Rogers, b. March 17, 1896. 
(7) Albert Parker Beckwith, b. Nov. 12, 1877; resides 
Irvington, Ct. 
(6) Flora Hamilton, b. July 2, 1860; d. April 17, 1862. 
(6) Flora A. Hamilton, b. May 9, 1863; resides Portland, 
Me.; m., Oct. 29, 1890, Edwin Arthur Boothby, b. 
Scarboro, Me.; civil engineer, Maine Central Rail- 
road. 
(7) Ralph Hamilton Boothby, b. Aug. 27, 1891. 
(7) Ethel Carlton Boothby, b. Sept. 12, 1893. 
(7) Isaac Raymond Boothby, b. Dec. 18, 1895. 
(7) Edwin Warren Boothby, b. Aug. 6, 1898. 
(7) Ronald Waterhouse Boothby, b. Oct. 29, 1900. 
(6) Leona Hamilton, b. Aug. 13, 1865; resides Portland, 
Me.; m., Nov. 24, 1886, Oakley Chester Curtiss, b. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 67 

Portland, Me., May 29, 1865; manager of Randall & 
McAllister Coal Company. 
(7) Leona Hamilton Curtiss, b. Sept. 14, 1887. 
(7) Edgar Atherton Curtiss, b. Aug. 17, 1890. 
(7) Elizabeth Curtiss, b. Sept. 10, 1892. 
(7) Marjorie Chase Curtiss, b. Oct. 15, 1894. 
(6) Arthur Isaac Hamilton, b. March 22, 1868; manager of 
the W. L. Douglas Shoe Company, Portland, Me.; m., 
Sept. 6, 1893, Annabelle Pauline Howard, b. Portland, 
Me., Sept. 23, 1875. 
(7) Virginia Alberta Hamilton, b. Oct. 25, 1895. 
(7) Franklin Howard Hamilton, b. May 1, 1900. 
(6) Edgar Orr Hamilton, b. June 8, 1872; d. March 22, 
1888. 
Children of second husband: 

(5) Lucy Ann Hill, b. March 20, 1848; resides Great Che- 
beague Island, Me.; m., Dec. 13, 1865, Francis S. Ham- 
ilton, b. Great Chebeague, March 23, 1844; merchant; 
son of Solomon Hamilton and Mary Jane Littlefield. 
(6) Horace Bradford Hamilton, b. Jan., 1867; d. Feb. 3, 

1876. 
(6) Carrie Evelyn Hamilton, b. 1868; d. Feb. 4, 1876. 
(6) Herman Webber Hamilton, b. Dec. 26, 1871; m., Jan. 5, 
1892, Frances Anna Thompson, b. Oct. 17, 1874. 
(7) Irving Oscar Hamilton, b. April 23, 1893. 
(7) Evelyn F. Hamilton, b. Sept. 12, 1894. 
(7) Pearl S. Hamilton, b. Jan. 28, 1896. 
(7) Leona A. Hamilton, b. Nov. 12, 1897. 
(6) Francis Clifton Hamilton, b. 1873; d. Feb. 19, 1876. 
(6) Florence Vivian Hamilton, b. March 27, 1870; m. Ed- 
ward Clifton Webber of Great Chebeague Island, Me. 
(6) Clarence Vernon Hamilton, b. March 27, 1876. 
(6) Georgia Townley Hamilton, b. Jan. 8, 1886. 
(5) May Caroline Hill, b. April 13, 1851. 
(4) Susan L. Skolfield, b. June 7, 1813; d. Oct. 7, 1828. 
(4) Bethiah Sprague Skolfield, b. Birch Island, Harpswell, Me., 
Aug. 22, 1815; d. May 9, 1886; m. (first), Oct. 26, 1843, 
Hugh Scott, b. Greenock, Scotland; d. May 18, 1847 
(26y.); lost at sea; a noble young man, beloved by all; 
m. (second), Nov. 12, 1849, John Millett Hunt of Gray, 
Me., who d. at Deering, Me., March 19, 1880 (05 y.). 
Children of first husband: 

(5) Bethiah Frances Scott, b. Aug. 26, 1844; resides Port- 
land, Me.; of great help in this history; m., June 27, 
1867, Albert Shedd Way, b. Gorham, Me., Aug. 22, 1845; 



68 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

d. April 22, 1877. He was foreman at the John W. 
Perkins Company's wholesale drug store; son of Chris- 
topher Way and Sarah Shedd. 

(6) Henry Woodman Way, b. June 21, 1868. 

(6) Edna Titcomb Way, b. July 24, 1870. 

(6) Albert Scott Way, b. Aug.. 14, 1873. 
(5) John Skolfield Scott, b. Great Chebeague Island, Me., 
June 27, 1845; d. June 1, 1881; m. Nellie M. Turner 
of Otisfield, Me., who d. Jan. 30, 1889; farmer. 

Children of second husband: 

(5) Eben Hill Hunt, b. Dec. 19, 1850; d. Oct. 12, 1851. 

(5) Lewis Robinson Hunt, b. June 11, 1853; merchant at 
Cornish, Me.; m. (first), Ellen Rutherford; m. (sec- 
ond), Nellie Boston. 

Child of first wife: 

(6) Child, d. in infancy. 

(6) Walter Lewis Hunt, d. July 30, 1880 (7 weeks). 
(4) Mary W. Skolfield, b. Aug. 5, 1818; d. Aug. 23, 1867; m. 
(first), Dec. 4, 1843, Joseph Webber, who d. Feb. 21, 1874 
(28y., 5m.); m. (second), Levi Dakin of North Jay, Me., 
who d. 1898. 

Child of first husband: 

(5) Amelia Thompson Webber, b. 1846; d. Feb. 1, 1866. 



CHAPTER IX. 

The ninth child of Hngh Merryman- and Delight Bailey. 

(3) Sally Merryman, b. 1784; m., Oct. 3, 1803, Capt. David 
Douglass, b. Harpswell, Me., Jan. 22, 1783; son of Israel 
Douglass and Mary Rodick. 
(4) Clarissa Douglass, b. Dec. 29, 1803; m., Feb. 28, 1828, Rob- 
ert Merryman*, b. Sept. 15, 1803. (See records, pp. 33-34.) 
(4) Harrison Douglass, b. Aug. 15, 1805; d. 1807. 
(4) Jane Douglass, b. Jan. 15. 1809; d. Oct. 1, 1852; m., Aug. 
5, 1833, Nehemiah Curtiss, Jr., b. Aug. 18, 1807; son of 
Nehemiah Curtiss and Jane Alexander. See Curtiss 
. Genealogy. 
(4) Mary Douglass, b. Oct. 10, 1841; m. John Steel and resided 
Bowdoin, Me. 
(5) Child, d. young. 
(4) Delight Douglass, b. June 30, 1813; m., Dec. 10, 1832, 
Samuel Longley, b. Aug. 30, 1813; farmer at Greene, Me. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 69 

(5) Thomas Henry Longley, b. May 28, 1834; resides Lewis- 
ton, Me.; m. Eleanor Skinner. 

(5) Sarah Jane Longley, b. Aug. 20, 1837; resides Greene, 
Me.; m. John H. Hodgkins. 

(5) William Edward Longley, b. July 25, 1839; farmer in 
Greene, Me.; m. Augusta Thompson. 

(5) George Earl Longley, b. July 21, 1841; d. April, 1875; 
farmer in Greene, Me.; m. Susan Thompson. 

(5) Esther Ann Longley, b. April 30, 1847; resides Greene, 
Me.; m. Wilber F. Mower. 



SECTION THIRD. 



Records of the third son of Ancestor Walter Merryman^. 

(2) Walter Merryman, Jr., b. Harpswell, Me.; d. Bow- 
doin, Me.; m., Feb. 14, 1771, Betsy Webber^, b. 1750; 
daughter of Benjamin Webber* and Sarah Strout; 
granddaughter of Waitstill Webber^ and Meribah 
Hutchins. 

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***** 

(3) James Merryman, b. June 30, 1771; d. Nov. 17, 1800; said to 

have m., Jan. 24, 1794, Mary Barnes of Harpswell, Me. 
***** 
***** 

(3) Samuel Merryman, b. Harpswell, Me., Nov. 27, 1773; d. Litch- 
field, Me., Aug. 24, 1834; m., April 9, 1791, Sarah J. Rodick, 
b. Harpswell, Me., March 24, 1773; d. Litchfield, Me., Sept. 
20, 1852; daughter of John Rodick of Harpswell, Me., and 
Mary Webber, daughter of Waitstill Webber and Meribah 
Hutchins. He moved to Litchfield, Me., in 1812. 
(4) Lucy Merryman, b. Jan. 23, 1792; d. Litchfield, Me., Aug. 
8, 1832; m., Jan. 26, 1821, Jabez Springer?-, b. Litchfield, 
Me., Aug. 15, 1798; d. Richmond, Me., June 29, 1851; 
son of James Springer^ and Betsy Harvey of Amesbury, 

Mass., and grandson of David Springeri and Tib- 

betts. 

(5) Harriet N. Springer, b. Litchfield, Me., April 3, 1822; d. 

Feb. 16, 1901; m., Jan. 1, 1845, Ambrose S. Tibbetts, b. 

Boothbay, Me., Jan. 1, 1845; d. July 14, 1895; sailor and 

shipbuilder; lived quite a while at Green Bay, Wis.; 

son of Mark Tibbetts and Anna . 

(6) Harriet A. Tibbetts, b. Nov. 10, 1845; m. (first), in 
Hortonville, Wis., Joseph E. True, who d. in the 
Civil War; m. (second), May 5, 1868, Capt. Lewis 
M. Soyer of Oconto, Wis. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 71 

Child of first husband: 

(7) Oscar True, b. Sept. 21, 1SG3. 
Child of second husband: 

(7) Hattie Soyer, b. July 10, 1869; d. Sept. 30, 1878. 
(6) Martha Louisa Tibbetts, b. Richmond, Me., Sept. 25, 

1S47; d. Sept. 22, 1848. 
(6) Laura Tibbetts, b. Richmond, Me., Aug. 25, 1849; d. 
March 3, 1888; m. (first), Feb. 28, 1870, Joseph 
Gonion of Green Bay, Wis.; m. (second), D. Cleve- 
land of Sturgeon Bay, Wis. 
Children of first husband: 

(7) Oscar Gonion, b. June 24, 1872. 
(7) Hattie Gonion, b. March 2, 1875. 
(7) Cora Gonion, b. June 17, 1878. 
(7) Orvis Gonion, b. Feb. 12, 1880. 
(G) Deziah Brown Tibbetts, b. Richmond, Me., Sept. 29, 
1851; resides Wells, Mich.; m., June 9, 1869, Watson 
S. Hall, b. Aroostook County, Me., 1846. 
(7) Harriet Viola Hall, b. July 23, 1870; resides Wau- 
saukee, Wis.; m., 1892, Frank Lucia. 
(8) Irma Lucia, b. 1893. 
(8) Florence Lucia, b. 1895. 
(8) Harold Lucia, b. 1899. 
(8) Alice Lucia, b. 1901. 
(7) George Hall, b. July 12, 1873; lumber dealer; m., 
1898, Anna Steckel, who d. 1901. 
(8) Edward Leslie Hall, b. 1899. 
(7) Josephine Hall, b. 1876; d. 1877. 
(7) Myrtle Hall, b. June 1, 1889. 
(7) Mabel Hall, b. 1892; d. 1893. 
(6) Louisa Tibbetts, b. Richmond, Me., April 21, 1856. 
(6) George B. McLellan Tibbetts, b. Hortonville, Wis., Feb. 

10, 1863; d. Sept. 27, 1879. 
(6) Benjamin Franklin Tibbetts, b. Red River, Wis., Jan. 
27, 1866; shipbuilder; m., June 7, 1893, Cena Hansen, 
b. Owego, Wis., Nov. 11, 1870. 
(7) George Herald Tibbetts, b. May 3, 1894. 
(7) Amy Cecilia Tibbetts, b. Sept. 19, 1897. 
(7) Fay Tibbetts, b. March 17, 1901. 
(5) Betsy Springer, b. Litchfield, Me., Sept. 12, 1825; d. Rich- 
mond, Me., Oct. 5, 1841; single. 
(5) Susannah C. Springer, b. Gardiner, Me., June 4, 1829; d. 
Jan. 21, 1855; m. Cornelius T. Guabert, who d. May 7, 
1861. 
(6) Annie M. Guabert. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(5) Lucy Springer, b. Litchfield, Me., Aug. 6, 1832; d. Rol- 
linsford, N. H., Oct., 1866; m. William Clements of New 
Hampshire. 
(6) Eva Lucy Clements. 



(4) Betsy Merryman, b. Oct. 29, 1793; d. April 24, 1819; m., 

Jan. 9, 1812, George Douglass, b. Harpswell, Me., May 15, 

1787; d. Jan., 1821; farmer; moved to Litchfield; son of 

Israel Douglass and Mary Rodick. 

(5) William Douglass, b. Oct. 27, 1812; d. Oct. 6, 1839; 

farmer; m. Hannah Richardson, b. April 8, 1818; d. 

Ayer, Mass., April 8, 1SG8. 

(5) Hannah Douglass, b. Oct. 15, 1814; d. Freeport, Me.; 

single. 
(5) David Douglass, b. Nov. 15, 1816; d. Litchfield, Me., 

May 12, 1840; single. 
(5) Sarah Douglass, b. Dec. 25, 1818; d. Freeport, Me.; single. 



(4) Mary Merryman, b. Aug. 14, 1795; d. Litchfield, Me., Feb. 
18, 1869; m. (first), Dec. 21, 1820, George Douglass (see 
above); m. (second), Oct. 20, 1848, Capt. James Rodick, 
b. ; d. Freeport, Me., Oct. 20, 1848; no children. 

4: * 4: 4: * 

(4) David Merryman, b. May 8, 1798; d. May 10, 1798. 



(4) Walter Merryman, b. June 13, 1809; d. Nov. 30, 1843 
(34y.) ; lived on his father's farm at Litchfield, Me.; m.. 
May 24, 1835, Eliza N. Richardson, b. Litchfield, Me., 
Oct. 1, 1816; d. April 1, 1891; daughter of Thomas Rich- 
ardson and Mary S. Pierce. 
(5) Sarah Jane Merryman, b. June 20, 1836; resides Rich- 
mond, Me.; m., Aug. 23, 1855, Asa Moore, b. Litchfield, 
Me., Nov. 13, 1835; a mason; son of Nehemiah Moore 
and Betsy Spear. 
(6) Sarah Eliza Moore, b. June 7, 1856; resides Holyoke, 
Mass.; m. (first), Oct. 1, 1879, Fred Lawrence; m. 
(second), Aug., 1888, Leroy Bishop, a contractor. 
(7) Ruth M. Bishop, b. Sept. 25, 1891. 
(6) Emma Jane Moore, b. Dec. 6, 1857; resides Richmond, 

Me.; m. A. A. Spear, a shoemaker. 
(6) Charles W. Moore, b. Aug. 10, 1860. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 73 

(6) Carrie T. Moore, b. May 9, 1863; resides Gardiner, Me.; 
m., Nov. 26, 1882, William Brown, b. Gardiner, Me., 
June 10, 1860. 
(6) William W. Moore, b. April 26, 1865; resides Gardiner, 
Me.; m., July 3, 1885, Mabel Walker. 
(7) George Walker Moore, b. Sept. 23, 1891. 
(6) Louisa A. Moore, b. Aug. 30, 1867; resides Litchfield, 

Me. 
(6) Frederick U. Moore, b. Feb. 10, 1870; farmer at Rich- 
mond, Me. 
(6) Leila E. Moore, b. July 28, 1872; resides Holyoke, 
Mass.; m, May 23, 1893, Oscar Ferry, editor. 
(7) Gertrude Ferry, b. Jan. 1, 1896. 
(5) William F. Merryman, b. June 21, 1839; resides Litch- 
field Plains, Me.; farmer; m., Nov. 25, 1862, Luetta A. 
Springer*, b. Litchfield, Me., Aug. 7, 1838; daughter of 
Thomas Harvey Springer- and Sarah Huntington. 
(6) Mary Merryman, b. Jan. 28, 1863. 
(5) Mary Elizabeth Merryman, b. March 24. 1841. 
(5) Samuel Merryman, b. Oct. 20, 1842; d. Nov. 10, 1844. 



(3) Sarah Merryman, b. Nov. 7, 1775; d. 'Bowdoin, Me.; m., April 
10, 1794, Michael Doyle. 
(4) Elisha Doyle, b. Dec. 26, 1797; m. Content Haynes, b. Aug. 
8, 1800; d. Nov. 18, 1875; daughter of David Haynes and 
Anna Thompson. 

(4) Nancy Doyle, b. July 2, 1798; m. Isaac Alexander. 
(4) Susanna Doyle, b. Nov. 13, 1800; d. May 27, 1805. 

^ :{: ^ :}: ^ 

(4) Margaret Doyle, b. April 18, 1802; m. Steven Potter of 
Bowdoin, Me. 
(5) Martha Jane Potter. 
(5) Daniel Potter. 
(5) Emery Potter. 
(5) Albert Potter. 

'> •I" •I' '7* •F 

(4) James Doyle, b. March 26, 1805; d. April 4. 1864; farmer 
in Bowdoin, Me.; m. Elizabeth Chick, b. March 18, 1815; 
d. Nov. 3, 1889; daughter of Jonathan Chick of Litch- 
field, Me. 



74 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY, 

(5) George Doyle, b. Nov. 3, 183G; resides Lynn, Mass.; m. 

Melissa Hopkins. 
(5) Elizabeth Doyle, b. Feb. 19, 1839; resides Lewiston, Me.; 
m., Dec. 5, 1858, Henry A. Huntington, b. Lewiston, 
Me., June 11, 1839. 
(6) Charles Huntington, b. Oct. 12, 1863; d. Jan. 7, 1900; 

machinist. 
(6) Frank Huntington, b. Nov. 2, 1866; d. Jan. 3, 1875. 
(6) Ne;iie Huntington, b. April 23, 1872; m., May 1, 1891, 
George York, b. Haverhill, Mass., Feb. 22, 1864. 
(7) Frank York, b. June 5, 1894. 
(7) Grace York, b. Aug. 9, 1898. 
(7) Henry York, b. Jan. 21, 1900. 
(5) James Holman Doyle, b. 1841; d. Dec. 4, 1847. 
(5) Joshua Doyle, b. July 11, 1843; farmer. 
(5) Charles Doyle, b. Jan. 19, 1846; resides Bowdoin, Me. 
(5) Jennie Doyle, b. Sept. 16, 1849; resides Bowdoin, Me. 
(5) Angle Doyle, b. Aug. 3, 1851; m. Charles Dale of Rich- 
mond, Me. 
(6) Bert Dale. 
(6) Edith Dale. 
(5) Georgia Ann Doyle, b. May 30, 1856; d. Oct. 31, 1867. 

(4) Michael Doyle, b. July 3, 1806; m. Adaline Miller of 
Brunswick, Me. 
(5) Elisha Doyle. 
(5) Nancy Doyle. 
(5) George Doyle. 
(5) Llewellyn Doyle. 

(4) Susanna Doyle, b. Dec. 11, 1808; single. 

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(4) Abizer Doyle, b. June 2, 1810; m. Hannah Bibber. 
(5) Sarah Jane Doyle. 
(5) Hattie Doyle. 
(5) Martha Doyle. 
(5) William Doyle. 

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(4) Rosannah Doyle, b. Oct. 3, 1816; m. John Miller of Bruns- 
wick, Me. 
(5) Samuel Miller, b. Aug. 30, 1840; d. July 9, 1844. 
(5) William Miller, b. Dec. 24, 1843; m. Sophia Stover. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY, 75 



(6) William Miller, Jr. 
(5) Sarah Miller, b. 1846. 
(5) Martha Frances Miller, b. May 30, 1851. 



(3) Miriam Merryman, b. April 16, 1776; d. Feb. 28, 1863; m., 
Dec. 6, 1796, John Curtiss, b. Jan. 15, 1772; d. 1821; son of 
Michael Curtiss and Bathsheba Barstow. (See Curtiss 
Genealogy.) 

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 

(3) Waitstill Merryman, b. Jan. 1, 1778; d. March 4, 1853; m., 

Dec. 23, 1800, Eunice Hall, b. 1777; d. Sept. 12, 1843; 
daughter of John Hall. 

(4) Elizabeth Merryman, b. Nov. 13, 1802; d. May 14, 1803. 

(4) Elizabeth Merryman, b. Jan. 28, 1803; d. Sept. 15, 1847. 

4: :{: ^ :j; ^ 

(4) Mary Merryman, b. 1805; m. Alfred Curtiss, b. Jan. 4, 1807; 
d. 1878; son of Barstow Curtiss and Ruth Merryman. 
(5) Waitstill Curtiss. 
(5) Vandorus Curtiss. 
(5) Mary Elizabeth Curtiss. 
(5) Anna E. Curtiss. 
(5) Child, d. young. All the children deceased. 

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(4) Mercy Merryman, b. 1807: d. Oct. 20, 1887; m. Dominicus 
Jordan, b. Jan. 22, 1797; d. June 25, 1848. 
(5) Mary Jordan, b. Oct. 15, 1829; d. Bath, Me.; m. (first), 

John Thomas; m. (second), Horace Curtiss. 
(5) Samuel S. Jordan, b. Jan. 2, 1831; resides Bath, Me.; 
m., Nov. 17, 1853, Affie Coombs of Bath, Me. 
(6) Six children, one of whom d. in infancy. 
(5) John Jordan, b. June 13, 1832; m. Lizzie O'Neal of Bath, 
Me. 
(6) Samuel C. T. Jordan, b. 1857; married. 

(6) Jennie Jordan, b. 1861; m. Fisher. 

(6) John Jordan, b. 1865; m. . 

(5) Mary Ellen Jordan, b. Aug. 10, 1836; m., Nov. 2, 1856, 
Abizer Holbrook, b. Sept. 16, 1835; d. Bath, Me., Jan., 
1891; lived long at East Harpswell, Me. 



76 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(6) James McKeen Holbrook, b. Sept. 8, 1858; m., Nov. 27, 

1880, Hattie L. Johnson. 
(G) William H. Holbrook, b. 1860; resides Bath, Me. 

(7) Three children. 
(6) Gertrude Holbrook, b. 1862; m. Albert Russell of Bath, 
Me. 
(7) Four daughters. 
(6) Horace Curtiss Holbrook, b. April 8, 1867; resides 
Brunswick, Me.; m. Bina Mann. 
(7) Frank Holbrook. 
(6) Samuel S. Holbrook, b. 1872; resides Bath, Me. 
(5) William Barnes Jordan, b. Jan. 12, 1838; m., March 20, 
1864, Sarah J. Slater of Newton, la. 
(6) William A. Jordan, b. 1866. 
(6) Ruth Jordan, b. 1868. 
(6) Arthur Jordan, b. 1870. 
(6) Mary Jordan, b. 1871. 
(6) Thomas Jordan. 
(6) Harry Jordan, d. young. 
(6) John Jordan. 

* * ^ * * 

(4) Celia Merryman, b. April 15, 1810; d. Dec. 27, 1880; m., 
July 8, 1832, Capt. John Martin, b. July 16, 1806; d. Mo- 
bile, Ala., Oct. 24, 1847; son of Capt. Matthew Martin 
and Rebecca Skolfield. 
(5) Rebecca Martin, b. Feb. 23, 1834; d. Sept., 1843. 

(4) Eunice Merryman, b. June 18, 1812; d. Jan. 28, 1844. 

* ♦ * * * 

(4) Jordan Merryman, b. Harpswell, Me., Oct. 29, 1813; d. 
Monmouth, Me., Aug. 11, 1886; farmer at Wales and 
Monmouth, Me.; m., Dec. 17, 1843, Hannah Jenkins, b. 
March 29, 1823; d. April 1, 1883; daughter of Philip Jen- 
kins and Keziah . 

(5) Vesta Ann Merryman, b. Oct. 24, 1848; d. April 21, 1899; 

m. Washburne. 

(5) Waitstill Gaylord Merryman, b. Wales, Me., July 23, 
1849; farmer at Monmouth, Me.; m., Jan. 1, 1877, Mary 
Elizabeth Moore, b. July 22, 1853. 

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(4) Nancy Merryman, b. Oct. 15, 1815; resides Topsham, Me.; 
m., Oct. 14, 1837, Stanwood Alexander, b. April 9, 1812. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 77 

(5) Joseph Ruffle Alexander, b. July 6, 1S3S; m. (first), May 
15, ISGO, Mary Emma Ward of Minneapolis, Minn; m. 
(second). May 5, 1865, Hannah Abigail Thompson, b. 
Topsham, Me. 
Children of first wife: 

(6) Nettie Alexander, b. Feb. 15, 18G1. 
(6) William Ulmer Alexander, b. 1863; d. in infancy. 
Children of second wife: 

(6) Alice Thompson Alexander, b. Feb. 27, 1866. 
(6) Lena Estelle Alexander, b. Dec. 18, 1868; m., 1889, 
James S. Dexter of East Boston, Mass. 
(7) Philip Stanley Dexter. 
(7) Helen Alice Dexter. 
(5) William Stanwood Alexander, b. June 18, 1844; m. 

Melissa Moore of Boston, Mass.; no children. 
(5) John Alexander, b. Oct. 15, 1848; m., Jan. 1, 1871, Abbie 
Boynton of Bath, Me. 

:{: :|: ^ H: !): 

(4) Waitstill Merryman, b. Dec. 31, 1817; d. June 31, 1877; 
blacksmith at Brunswick, Me.; m. Catherine M. Barker, 
b. May 11, 1812; d. May 27, 1890. 
(5) Annette F. Merryman, b. Aug. 12, 1840; a very successful 
teacher at Brunswick, Me., and principal of the Gram- 
mar School. 
(5) George W. Merryman, b. Oct. 30, 1845; d. Nov. 7, 1864. 
(5) Emeline C. Merryman, b. March 7, 1847; d. Aug. 12, 1847. 
(5) Abbie Estelle Merryman, b. Sept. 25, 1849; d. Jan. 8, 
1869. 

(4) John Merryman, b. Feb. 3, 1820; d. May 2, 1889; single. 
* * * * * 

(3) Nancy Merryman, b. Jan. 20, 1780; m., Oct. 21, 1800, Samuel 
Miller. 
(4) Stephen Miller and other children. 

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(3) Ruth Merryman. b. Oct. 16, 1781; d. Bowdoinham, Me.,. Jan. 

8, 1828; m., Oct. 2, 1802, Barstow Curtiss, who d. Oct. 17, 

1808. 
(4) Walter Curtiss, b. Feb. 18, 1803. 
(4) Almira Curtiss, b. Sept. 16, 1804. 



78 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(4) Albert Curtiss, b. June 24, 1807. 
(4) Alfred Curtiss, m. Mary Merryman. 

***** 

* * « * * 

(3) Thomas Merryman, b. Nov. 6, 1783; d. 1853; m., May 27, 
1809, Mary Skolfield, b. March, 1791; d. May 10, 1872 (81y., 
2m.); daughter of William Skolfield and Sarah Rideout. 
***** 

(4) William Merryman, b. Sept. 10, 1810; d. on a man-of-war 
at Mobile, Ala., when about 40 years old. 
***** 

(4) Lavina Merryman, b. Nov. 18, 1812; m. Capt. Benjamin 
Adams of Bowdoinham, Me., who was lost at sea. 
(5) Capt. Benjamin Adams, b. June 7, 1842; resides Bow- 
doinham, Me.; m. Abbie Cleora Carr, b. Bowdoinham, 
Me., Jan. 25, 1846; daughter of Hon. Robert Potter 
Carr and Abigail Theresa Whitmore. 
(6) Alice Mabel Adams, b. Nov. 26, 1871; m. Ralph M. 
Currier of Haverhill, Mass. 
(7) Randolph Hollis Currier, b. Aug. 9, 1900. 
(6) Robert Carr Adams, b. Dec. 6, 1878; clerk at Haverhill, 
Mass. 
(5) Lavina Adams; m. Robert Purington, shipbuilder. 
(5) Alice Adams; m. Capt. Vincent Given. They were both 

lost at sea. 
(5) Augusta Adams; m. Melvin Gardiner and moved to 
Calais, Me. 



(4) Skolfield Merryman, b. ; d. April 27, 1846 (29y., 

8m.); followed the sea in his early days; then kept a 
grocery store at Bowdoin, Me.; m., July 21, 1840, Submit 
Elliott, b. Oct., 1819; d. Dec. 15, 1878; daughter of Capt. 
Joseph Elliott and Catherine Potter. 
(5) Joseph Skolfield Merryman, b. Bowdoin, Me., Feb. 6, 
1841; d. Nov. 11, 1896; farmer in Bowdoin, Me.; m., 
Aug. 27, 1870, Etta Allen. 
(5) Lavina Merryman, b. July 16, 1842; d. Nov., 1861; m. 
William Small. 
(6) Lillian Small. 
(5) Catherine Merryman, b. May 11, 1844; d. June 22, 1868; 
teacher. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 79 

(5) Mary Ann Merryman, b. Sept. 5, 1845; resides Webster 
Corner, Me.; m. (first), Jan. 1, 186G, Joseph Sanborn, 
Jr., b. Westbrook, Me., April 12, 1838; d. Dec. 16, 1874. 
He kept a fine stock farm. M. (second), Sept. 15, 
1875, Frank M. Haley, a farmer of Webster, Me. 
Children of first husband: 

(6) Adella May Sanborn, b. April 5, 18G7; d. Nov. 21, 1897; 
m., Jan. 23, 1889, Alvah Mallett of Topsham, Me. 
(7) Ralph A. Mallett, b. Jan. 6, 1892. 
(6) Josie Annie Sanborn, b. Sept. 27, 1868; d. Jan., 1875. 
(6) Belle U. Sanborn, b. June 22, 1870; bookkeeper at 

Lisbon Falls, Me. 
(6) Willie F. Sanborn, b. Jan. 21, 1872; farmer at Webster, 
Me. 
Children of second husband: 

(6) Bertha May Haley, b. Dec. 4, 1876; teacher. 
(6) Eva Maud Haley, b. Oct. 22, 1878; teacher. 

^ :): :!: :): 4: 

(4) Mary Merryman; m. James L. Rogers. 
(5) Angeline Rogers; d. at 11 years. 

(4) Sewall Merryman, d. at Pt. Petre, Guadeloupe, when about 
20 years of age; single. 

(4) Sarah Merryman, b. Oct. 20, 1822; m. Cornelius Carter of 
Bowdoin, Me. 
(5) Joseph Skolfield Carter; d. Sept. 17, 1864 (16y., 6m.); 

soldier in the Civil War. 
(5) William S. Carter, m. Abbie Neal. 

(5) Angeline R. Cai'ter, b. March 4, 1854; a successful 
teacher. 



(4) Thomas Merryman; worked on steamer at Mobile, Ala; 
then went to California. 

***** 

(4) Benjamin Adams Merryman, b. Oct. 21, 1829; a farmer at 
Bowdoin Center, Me.; followed the sea quite a while; 
went to California in 1852 and remained two years; m., 
Nov. 7, 1855, Abbie Eaton Colby, b. Bowdoin, Me., 1829; 
daughter of Samuel Colby and Mary Rogers. 
(5) Helen Rogers Merryman, b. Jan. 23, 1857; d. March 29, 
1889. 



80 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(5) Alice M. Adams Merryman, b. March 15, 1866; d. March 

8, 1868. 
(5) Abbie Merryman, b. March 2, 1876; d. Nov. 5, 1877. 
***** 

(4) John Merryman, b. Jan. 8, 1832; d. April 8, 1855. 

■n sfi Sfs ^ m^ 

(4) Joseph Merryman, b. July 4, 1834; went West. 
***** 
***** 

(3) Rhoda Merryman, b. Jan. 10, 1786; d. Bowdoinham, Me., 

March 15, 1859 (72y.); m., Aug. 6, 1807, Levi Curtiss, b. 

1780; d. Jan. 2, 1849 (69y.); resided Bowdoinham, Me.; 

son of Michael 'Curtiss and Bathsheba Barstow. 

(4) Bathsheba Curtiss, b. Feb. 1, 1809; d. Haverhill, Mass., 

March 25, 1879 (70y , 9m. 1 ; single. 

***** 

(4) Capt. Benjamin Curtiss, b. April 26, 1810; d. Nov. 25, 1839 

(28y.); followed the sea in early life; single. 
(4) Capt. Frederick Curtiss, b. Aug. 18, 1815; d. Jan. 15, 1870; 

m. Jane Cornish, b. ; d. Jan. 17, 1900; daughter of 

Capt. Elbridge Cornish. 

***** 

(4) Ovington Curtiss, b. Feb. 13, 1817; d. May 22, 1835. 
***** 

(4) Emeline Curtiss, b. June 1, 1822; d. Oct. 16, 1842. 
***** 

(4) Levi Curtiss, b. Jan. 13, 1825; d. Oct. 20, 1892; carpenter; 
moved to Haverhill, Mass., 1872; m., April 7, 1853, Caro- 
line Thompson, b. Kennebunkport, Me., Dec. 13, 1822; d. 
April 13, 1893; daughter of Samuel Thompson and Abi- 
gail Day. 
(5) Alice Adams Curtiss, b. Jan. 25, 1854; resides 18 Allen 
Street, Bradford, Mass; Bowdoinham, Me., district 
schools; m., Feb. 20, 1875, Abner Russell Wade, b. 
Sangerville, Me., March 12, 1847; graduated Guilford, 
Me., High School, 1865; manufacturer of wood heels 
at Haverhill, Mass.; son of Abner Turner Wade and 
Sarah Ayer. 
(6) Russell Wade, b. Aug. 25, 1879; d. May 29, 1890. 
(6) Robert Wade, b. Oct. 30, 1882. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY, 81 

(5) Eugene A. Curtiss, b. March 29, 1857; resides 18 Allen 
Street, Bradford, Mass.; m., Sept. 19, 1880, Perdita M. 
Scrimger, b. Gault, Canada, Jan. 11, 18G0. 
(6) Eugene A. Curtiss, b. June 21, 1882. 
(6) Annie A. Curtiss, b. Oct. 10, 1884; d. 1891. 
(6) William Curtiss, b. Jan. 25, 1888. 
(6) Caroline Curtiss, b. Aug., 1889. 
(6) Raymond R. Curtiss, b. April, 1897. 
(5) Abbie Curtiss, b. May 28, 18GG. 

^ $ ^ :(: 4: 

ii: ifp ^ iii i^ 

(3) Capt. Joseph Merriman (so he spelled the name), b. Harps- 
well, Me., Oct. 23, 1788; lost at sea April, 1834. For some- 
time he was a mariner in the West India trade, taking 
New England products to Cuba and Jamaica and returning 
with cargoes of molasses and tropical products. In 1826 
he moved to Hartford, Ct., and was in the employ of S. & 
H. Fowler on Commerce Street. He then was in the employ 
of S. & W. Kellogg, merchants in the West India trade. 
He finally sailed for British Guiana, master of the brig 
Eight Sons, and the vessel was never heard from; m., 
Nov. 29, 1811, Eunice Martin, b. Brunswick, Me., June 9, 
1794; d. Sept. 14, 1849; daughter of Capt. Matthew Martin 
and Rebecca Skolfield. 



(4) Thirza Merriman, b. April 5, 1813; d. Dec. 19, 1844; m., 
Oct. 25, 1837, Ferdinand D. Hughes, b. Trenton, N. J., 
and d. Reading, Pa., Feb. 1, 1883. He resided in Trenton, 
N. J., Philadelphia, Pa., New York City, Hartford, Ct., 
Lisbon and Colchester, Ct., Providence, R. I., Beverly, 
Mass., and Reading, Pa. For many years he was a 
most efficient overseer in rubber shoe manufactories; 
son of Owen Donaldson Hughes, b. Armagh, Ireland, and 
Margaret Davis of Maryland. 
(5) Ferdinand Davis Hughes, b. East Hartford, Ct., Nov. 
13, 1838; resides Larimore, N. D.; farming and renting 
farms on shares; m., Oct. 10, 1861, Abbie Allyn Halsey, 
b. Windsor, Ct., Sept. 29, 1837; daughter of Henry 
Allyn Halsey and Frances Maria Ellsworth. 
(6) Alice Maud Hughes, b. July 12, 1862; resides Lari- 
more, N. D.; m., Feb. 18, 1893, Charles Moulton 
Bryant. 
(7) Arline Helen Bryant, b. Oct. 19, 1894. 

6 



82 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(5) Emily C. Hughes, b. Nov. 25, 1840; resides 308 Clay 

Street, Reading, Pa. 
(5) Lewis Goodrich Hughes, b. East Hartford, Ct., Dec. 2, 
1841; resides Minneapolis, Minn.; merchant, lumber- 
man and insurance agent; m., Oct. 11, 18G5, Cornelia 
Trimble McKnight, b. Troy, N. Y., Dec. 14, 1844; grad- 
uated Milwaukee (Wis.) College, 1861; daughter of 
Lewis McKnight and Elizabeth Wallace Merritt. 
Children born in Milwaukee, Wis.: 

(6) Florence Hughes, b. June 27, 1865; d. June 29, 1867. 
(6) Lewis McKnight Hughes, b.. Oct. 12, 1868; resides Hel- 
ena, Mont; route agent of Central Division of North- 
ern Pacific Express Co. 
(6) Carrie McKnight Hughes, b. Dec. 8, 1870. 
(6) Ida Louisa Hughes, b. Feb. 5, 1874; d. April 11, 1892. 
(6) Arthur Ferdinand Hughes, b. Duluth, Minn., Oct. 17, 
1878; messenger for Pacific Express Co., Pocatello, 
Idaho. 
(5) Cornelia G. Hughes, b. May 10, 1844; d. Aug. 4, 1844. 

(4) Joseph Merriman, b. Hartford, Ct., Oct. 27, 1815; d. Sept. 
7, 1895. "He got his education in the little temple of 
learning, removed a' generation or more ago, on Market 
Street, then called Dorr Street, Jesse Olney, pedagogue, 
and Flavins A. Bi'own, writing master. His father was 
lost at sea when he was 18 years old. He started working 
in a general store for $25 a year and board. A year later 
he was employed by Lester Sexton, a Bridge Street 
clothier, for $75 a year and board. Mr. Merriman said 
with a smile, when giving the story of this, 'I've never 
seen anything since which seemed so large as that $25.' 
Mr. Merriman bought out the stock of this last employer, 
giving notes, and commenced business without capital. 
He was four years in business before he made a cent. 
In the next year he made $1,000 clear of expenses. In 
1840 he removed to State Street. Until 1851 he was in 
the retail clothing business exclusively, and later was 
in the wholesale clothing business on Asylum Street, 
Hartford, Ct., also having a store in New York City. 
He continued in active business until 1873. In the 39 
years, when he was in business, Mr. Merriman never 
asked for the extension of a note or paid less than 100 
cents on a dollar. He did this in spite of the panics of 
1857 and 1873. In insurance, banking and real estate 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 83 

business Mr. Merriman often proved the value of his 
judgment. In 1854 the late Henry Kellogg, in organizing 
the Phoenix Insurance Company, came early to consult 
with him, and he was chosen a member of the first 
board of directors and held that position a long time. 
Mr. Merriman was for some years a director of the 
Aetna National Bank. At various times he greatly 
helped to develop realty In Hartford and East Hartford, 
and elsewhere. In 1854, when the old Whig party was 
giving place to the Republican party, Mr. Merriman be- 
came interested in politics. When Fremont ran against 
Buchanan, Mr. Merriman took charge of the campaign 
in Hartford, conducting meetings in schoolhouses with 
Joseph P. Hawley and others. In 18G4 he was chosen 
state senator. He was also selectman and town auditor." 
M. (first), 1838, Eliza Beaumont, who d. soon after; 
daughter of Levi Beaumont; m. (second), April 10, 1844, 
Jane Beaumont, b. Aug. 21, 1819; d. Nov. 5, 1873; m. 
(third), Harriet E. Dennett, who d. in 1889. 
Children of the second marriage with Jane Beaumont: 
(5) Frank Beaumont Merriman, b. June 22, 184G; d. April 
12, 1897. He was in the clothing business in Hart- 
ford, Ct., Milwaukee, Wis., and Chicago, 111. In the 
last four years of his life he had a real estate office 
in Hartford, Ct. His home was in East Hartford; m. 
Ella C. Elmore, b. Aug. 31, 1846. 
(6) Eugene Howard Merriman, b. Nov. 14, 18GS; engaged 
in the real estate business at East Hartford, Ct. ; 
m., Feb. 14, 1894, Annie Elizabeth Fitch of East 
Hartford. 
(7) Rena Fitch Merriman, b. Nov. 12, 1894. 
(6) Leila Bstelle Merriman, b. May 9, 1871; d. June 8, 

1878. 
(G) Joseph Martin Merriman, b. May 5, 1874; d. May 25, 

1878. 
(G) Harry Elmer Merriman, b. May 17, 1882. 
(G) Percy Grant Merriman, b. Oct. 25, 1885. 
(6) Philiip Wilder Merriman, b. Feb. 11, 1895. 
(5) Joseph Martin Merriman, b. Nov. 1, 1852; d. July 22, 

1872. ' 
(5) Charles Merriman, b. March 20, 1855; resides East Hart- 
ford, Ct. ; fire insurance agent; m., Jan. 17, 1884, 
Lizzie A. Rainey, b. East Hartford, Ct., July 26, 1859. 
(6) Joseph Martin Merriman, b. Sept. 8, 1887; d. June 22, 
1891. 



84 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(6) Charles Russell Merriman. b. May 29, 1891. 
(6) Helen Annette Merriman, b. Nov. 24, 1895. 
(6) Irene Louisa Merriman, b. Nov. 24, 1895. 
(6) Charlotte Elizabeth Merriman, b. Nov. 28, 1898. 
(5) Jennie Eliza Merriman, b. Feb. 9, 18G0; d. Feb. 15, 1885; 
m., Nov. 15, 18S1, Rollin K. Ewing; no children. 
***** 
(4) Matthew Martin Merriman, b. June 9, 1823; d. Feb. 16, 
1882; was for many years associated with his father in 
the clothing business; m., March 29, 1845, Cornelia Wil- 
son Griggs, b. Nov. 15, 1825; d. Dec. 29, 1891. 
(5) Louise Gertrude Merriman, b. Hartford, Ct., Feb. 7, 
1846; d. Nov. 21, 1868; graduated from Mrs. Draper's 
Seminary; m., Feb. 4, 1864, George Darling Bartlett, 
b. North Adams, Mass., Jan. 9, 1837; resides Hartford, 
Ct; in the clothing business. 
(6) Louise Gertrude Bartlett, b. Hartford, Ct., Nov. 16, 
1868; has resided in Hartford, Ct., Waterbury and 
Waitsford, Vt.; m., Nov. 16, 1892, Dr. George Smith 
Bidwell, b. Rutland, Vt., Jan. 8, 1865; graduated at 
Battle Creek, Mich., High School, June, 1883; grad- 
uated medical department of the University of Ver- 
mont, July, 1890. 
(7) Lestina Darling Bidwell, b. Waitsford, Vt., March 

24, 1898. 
(7) Pauline Noble Bidwell, b. Waitsford, Vt., July 7, 
1900. 
(5) Emma Griggs Merriman, b. Jan. 6, 1849; resides Hart- 
ford, Ct.; m., Sept. 10, 1867, John B. Lambe, a drug- 
gist. 
(6) Cornelia Harriman Lambe, b. June 28, 1868; m., Nov. 
18, 1899, Frank E. Beckly. 
(5) Robert Given Merriman, b. Oct. 22, 1855; resides Hart- 
ford, Ct.; passenger conductor for many years on the 
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad; m., Oct. 
22, 1878, Kate L. Page. 
(6) Kathryn G. Merriman, b. Nov. 8, 1879. 
(6) Maude B. Merriman, b. Feb. 28, 1883. 
(6) Robert G. Merriman, b. March 7. ]886 
(6) Frederick D. Merriman, b. July 15, 1888. 



(3) Benjamin Merriman, b. Feb. 13, 1791; d. Feb. 13, 1865; re- 
sided Bowdoin, Me.; m. (first), Sept. 19, 1815, Margaret 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY, 85 

Curtiss, b. May IG, 179G; d. May 17, 1853; daughter of 
Nehemiah Curtiss and Jane Alexander of Harpswell, Me.; 
m. (second), Mrs. Catherine Grows, nee Farr, b. Feb. 14, 
1813; d. Jan. 10, 1888; daughter of Henry Farr and Han- 
nah Alexander of Harpswell, Me. 
Children of the first marriage: 
(4) William Merriman, b. Bowdoin, Me., July 2, 1833; d. 
Sept. 23, 1890; resided Harpswell, Brunswick and Free- 
port, Me.; carpenter; m., June 16, 1860, Delia Ann Bib- 
ber, b. Sept. 11, 1839; d. Jan. 28, 1868; daughter of Capt. 
David Bibber and Amy Bibber. 
(5) Alveda Florence Merriman, b. Aug. 7, 1862; resides "West 
Harpswell, Me.; m., July 7, 1894, Eugene Vincent 
Merriman-^ b. Sept. 16, 1878; farmer; son of Nathaniel* 
Merriman and Asenatb B. Stover. 
(6) Stanley Virdell Merriman, b. Jan. 28, 1901. 
(5) William Thomas Merriman, b. Jan. 23, 1868; resided 
South Harpswell, Me.; fisherman; m., Dec. 25, 1895, 
Nina Clark Wilson, b. May 17, 1874; daughter of Capt. 
Edmond Wilson and Harriet Stover. 
(6) Amy Bibber Merriman, b. Dec. 19, 1896. 
(6) Herman B. Merriman, b. Jan. 16, 1905; d. Feb. 14, 
1905. 

***** 

(4) Margaret A. Merriman, b. 1836; d. June 21, 1893; m. 

Abraham Johnson Allen, b. July 14, 1828; d. March 13, 

1891; daughter of Abraham J. Allen and Hannah Hodg- 

kins. 

(5) Edmund J. Allen, b. Dec. 5, 1854; resides Freeport, Me.; 

m., March 2, 1887, Millie J. Larrabee, b. Brunswick, 

Me., Jan. 23, 1856; daughter of John C. Larrabee and 

Harriet P. . 

(6) Harriet M. Allen, b. Aug. 16, 1888. 
(6) Jeannette S. Allen, b. Jan. 10, 1892. 
(5) Clara E. Allen, b. Feb. 9, 1857; m., Nov. 13, 1886, James 
E. Stilkey, b. Augusta, Me., Aug. 30, 1856; painter; 

son of Charles Stilkey and May . 

(6) Benjamin L. Stilkey, b. Sept. 8, 1888. 
(6) Mary E. Stilkey, b. Sept. 28, 1890. 
<5) Fred C. Allen; resides Portland, Me.; m. Florence E. 

Welcome. 
(5) Winfield Scott Allen, b. Oct. 10, 1869; m., Jan. 27, 1897, 
Kate D. Merryman, b. March 24, 1869; daughter of 
Jacob Henry Merryman and May Webber. 



86 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(5) Weston Lee Allen, b. Jan. 17, 1873; d. Aug. 3, 1896; m., 
Nov. 14, 1895, Hattie Angella Farr, b. Nov. 2G, 1876; 
daughter of William King Farr and Phoebe Ella Bib- 
ber. 

(5) Henry M. Allen, b. March 2, 1878. 



(4) Hiram Merriman, b. June 10, 1823; carpenter; resides 
Brunswick, Me.; m.. May 28, 1853, Eliza Ann Allen, b. 
July 29, 1833. 

(5) Hannah Levina Merriman, b. May 28, 1854; resides 
Brunswick, Me.; m.. May 28, 1888, Joseph Milliken 
Powers, b. Dresden, Me., Sept. 4, 1844; carpenter. 
(6) Annie Eliza Powers, b. July 15, 1886. 

(5) Octavia Merriman, b. April 21, 1858; d. Feb. 17, 1899. 
The Brunswick, Me., School Report for 1899 says: 
"The schools of Brunswick, Me., were much shocked 
by the death of this beloved teacher. Her service in 
our schools was briefly as follows: She began as an 
assistant in the Center Street Primary School in the 
fall of 1876, and her work there was so good as to 
obtain a favorable mention in the school report of 
that year. In the fall of 1877 she was chosen prin- 
cipal of that school. In 1881 she became assistant 
in the Intermediate School and the very next year 
was promoted to the Grammar School, where she re- 
mained until her death. The impression which she 
always made of physical strength and vigor made her 
sudden death all the more startling. It is difficult 
to sum up her work in a few words but the present 
generation will need no such summing up. She will 
remain in the minds of her pupils through life, as an 
untiring, unselfish, intelligent worker for the highest 
good." 

* * * * * '^ 

(4) David Merriman, b. June 5, 1828; resides Freeport, Me.; 
m. May Thorne, of Freeport, Me., b. April 9, 1836; d. 
March, 1904; no children. He moved to Freeport, Me., in 
1885. 



SECTION FOURTH. 



(2) James Merryman, son of Ancestor Walter Merryman^, 
b. Harpswell, Me., 1756 ; d. Aug. 4, 1825 ; m., Dec. 4, 
1777, Hannah Blake, b. Harpswell, Me., 1757; d. April 
24, 1821 ; daughter of Jacob Blake and Jenny Webber, 
daughter of Waitstill Webber and Meribah Hutchins. 



CHAPTER I. 

(3) John Merryman, b. Harpswell, Me., Jan. 29, 1780; d. May 28, 
1857; called Jr. in some of the old town records; m., Dec. 
27, 1804, Elizabeth Stover, b. Harpswell, Me., Oct. 2, 1784; 
d. Feb. 29, 1852; daughter of Alcott Stover and Elizabeth 
Allen. 
(4) William Merryman, b. April 3, 1805; d. July 28, 1831; 

single. 
(4) Asenath Stover Merryman, b. Nov. 24, 1806; d. Oct. 6, 
1833; m., Jan. 5, 1826, Hudson Merrymans, b. Harpswell, 
Me., Feb. 21, 1799; d. Oct. 17, 1885; son of Michael 
Merryman2 and Mary Bishop. 
(5) Eliza Ann Merryman, b. Aug. 30, 1826; resides Bruns- 
wick, Me.; m., Sept. 30, 1852, Alcot Stover, b. Harps- 
well, Me., Sept. 28, 1824; son of Isaac Stover and 
Sarah Bibber and grandson of Alcot Stover and Eliza- 
beth Allen. 
(G) Flora A. Stover, b. April 29, 1859. 
(5) Lavina Merryman, b. April 30, 1831; d. June 6, 1832. 
(5) Lavina Merryman, b. Feb. 1, 1835; m. Walter Merryman^ 
b. March 15, 1835; d. May 29, 1890; son of Shubal 
Merriman and Mary Jane Curtiss. 
(6) Dr. Alfred Mitchell Merryman, b. May 1, 1868; grad- 
uated at Bowdoin College, 1892; m., at Providence, 
R. I., Jan. 4, 1899, Frances Raymond Perry, daugh- 
ter of Maj. Raymond H. Perry; resides Bristol, R. I. 
(6) Lorenzo S. Merriman, b. Dec. 21, 1869; principal of 
Patten, Me., High School; a very successful teacher. 



88 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(5) George William Merriman, b. Dec. 27, 1836; d. July 12, 

1842. 

(5) Silvester S. Merriman, b. Dec. 29, 1840; d. June 23, 1863. 

(5) Isaac Merriman, b. Dec. 29, 1840; d. June 23, 1897; m., 

Feb. 17, 1875, Susie Orr Skolfield, b. Jan. 20, 1849; d. 

May 21, 1893; daughter of George Rogers Skolfield 

and Hannah Frances Milliken. 

(6) Georgia F. Merriman, b. Oct. 9, 1878; m., Sept. 17, 1902, 

Albion N. Rogers. 
(6) Willis Merriman, b. Dec. 22, 1886. 
(5) George W. Merriman, b. June 9, 1843; m. (first), Hannah 
Newell of Litchfield, Me., who d. 1878; m. (second), 
Hannah Alexander. 
(G) Hattie C. Merriman, b. April 28, 1886. 
(5) Frances M. Merriman, b. March 4, 1850; m., Oct. 26, 
1894, Paul Curtice Merriman\ b. May 22, 1838; son 
of Isaac Merriman* and Catherine Curtiss. 
(6) Flora Ella Merriman, b. Sept. 7, 1895. 
(4) Isaac Merriman, b. Harpswell, Me., May 9, 1809; d. Dec. 
8, 1893; farmer at Harpswell, Me.; m., Oct. 6, 1832, 
Catherine Curtiss, b. Harpswell, Me., March 28, 1809; 
d. Aug. 9, 1889; daughter of Paul Curtiss and Elizabeth 
Stover and granddaughter of Paul Curtiss and Deborah 
Webber. 
(5) Albion Merriman, b. Harpswell, Me., Dec. 4, 1833; me- 
chanic and farmer; has resided for years at Island 
Falls, Me., where he has been one of the most helpful 
members of the Congregational Church; m. (first), 
Jan. 31, 1865, Martha E. Ball, b. Bluehill, Me., Nov. 
3, 1834; d. Dec. 27, 1894; daughter of Thomas Ball 
and Damaris G. Powers; m. (second), Oct. 9, 1901, 
Mrs. Carrie E. (Armstrong) Bishop, b. Frederickton, 
N. B., Jan. 1, 1852; daughter of Barnabas Armstrong 
and Jane Scisson. 
Children of the first wife: 

(6) Damaris Merriman, b. Dec. 15, 1866; a fine teacher of 

schools and music; resides Island Falls, Me. 

(6) Augustus B. Merriman, b. March 3, 1870; resides Island 

Falls, Me. 

(5) Paul Curtiss Merriman, b. May 22, 1838; m. (first), 

Oct. 30, 1876, Ella Stoddard, b. West Farmington, Me., 

1851; d. Sept. 14, 1886; daughter of Willard Stoddard 

and Nancy A. Sanborn; m. (second), Oct. 26, 1894, 

Frances M. Merriman, b. Harpswell, Me., March 4, 



MERRYMAN GENEi\X,OGY. 89 

1850; daughter of Hudson Merriman and Asenath 
Men-iman. 
Child of first wife: 

(6) Roy E. Merriman, b. Aug. 6, 1880; resides West Harps- 
well, Me. 
Child of second wife: 

(6) (Flora) Ella Merriman, b. Sept. 7, 1895. 
(5) Harmon Curtiss Merriman, b. Aug. 6, 1845; farmer; m. 
Viola A. Rogers. 
(4) George Merriman, b. Feb. 13, 1816; d. Richmond, Va., 

July 14, 1854; single. 
(4) Abigail Merryman, b. March 13, 1818; d. Sept. 14, 1854; 
m., Jan., 1840, Robert Stover, b. Harpswell, Me., Nov. 27, 
1809; d. May 5, 1887; son of Joseph Stover and Jane 
Hewey. 
(5) Elizabeth M. Stover, b. Nov. 7, 1840; m., Feb. 6, 1862, 
William S. Alexander, b. March 9, 1838; d. Aug. 17, 
1894; son of Pennell Alexander and Abigail Stover; 
grandson of John Stover and Lydia Merriman. 
(6) Abbie E. Alexander, b. Sept. 14, 1867; m., Feb. 4, 1894, 
George Andrew Barnes, b. Jan. 16, 1865; son of 
George W. Barnes and Abbie Merrill; grandson of 
Capt. William Barnes and Betsy Merryman. 
(7) Lillian F. Barnes, b. March 6, 1896. 
(7) William S. Barnes, b. Oct. 3, 1897. 
K6) Lewis P. Alexander, b. Aug. 18, 1864; single. 
(6) Fannie Louisa Alexander, b. Nov. 11, 1871; m., Oct. 
10, 1895, Samuel Dunning Alexander, b. Harpswell, 
Me., July 29, 1851; farmer and carpenter; son of 
William Alexander and Elizabeth Dunning. 
(6) Mary B. Alexander, b. Feb. 27, 1897. 
(5) Alice M. Stover, b. March 30, 1844; m., Jan. 1, 1873, 
Isaac Alexander, b. May 29, 1841; son of Pennell 
Alexander and Abigail Stover; grandson of Capt. John 
Stover and Lydia Merryman. 
(6) Robert Willis Alexander, b. Oct. 31, 1874; fine school 
teacher. 
(5) Mary Austine Stover, b. Oct. 26, 1845; m., Oct. 11, 1873, 
John W. Merryman^, b. Harpswell, Me.; son of John 
Merriman, 2d.*, and Susie Curtiss; grandson of Will- 
iam Merrimans and Miriam Stover; great-grandson of 
James Merryman^ and Hannah Blake. 
(6) Jennie M Merriman, b. June 8, 1876; m., June 8, 1898, 
Chester Lemont Stover, b. Harpswell, Me., May 21, 



90 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

1S76; d. 1904; son of Theophilus Stover and Mar- 
garet Blake. 
(6) Charles E. Merriman, b. July 27, 1878. 
(6) Bessie H. Merriman, b. July 27, 1878. 
(5) Asenath Stover, b. April 15, 1849; d. Oct. 1, 1889; m., 
Sept. 6, 1883, William M. Kinnear. 
(6) Flora Frances Kinnear, b. July 22, 1884. 
(5) Silvester M. Stover, b. Feb. 7, 1852; resides Pendleton, 
Ore.; m., in the West, Edith Means. 
(C) Two children. 
(5) John Robert Stover, b. Feb. 7, 1852; d. May 16, 1854. 
(4) Nathaniel Merriman, b. Harpswell, Me., April 13, 1820; d. 
Feb. 25, 1889; always resided in Harpswell, Me.; farmer; 
m., Feb. 1, 1854, Asenath B. Stover, b. Harpswell, Me., 
Dec. 6, 1821; resides West Harpswell, Me.; daughter of 
Isaac Stover and Sarah Bibber; granddaughter of Alcot 
Stover and Elizabeth Allen. 
(5) Herbert Carlton Merriman, b. Jan. 11, 1837; farmer at 
West Harpswell, Me.; m., Jan. 11, 1905, Margaret Olive 
Stover, b. Isle au Haut, Me., Nov. 21, 1872; daughter 
of Isaiah Stover and Elizabeth Littlejohn. 
(5) Eugene Vincent Merriman, b. Sept. 16, 1858; farmer at 
West Harpswell, Me.; m., July 7, 1894, Alveda Florence 
Merrimans, b. Aug. 7, 1862; daughter of William 
Merriman^ and Delia A. Bibber. 
(6) Stanley Virdell Merriman, b. Jan. 28, 1901. 
(5) Sarah Elizabeth Merriman, b. Dec. 1, 1860; resides at 

West Harpswell, Me. 
(5) Edith Alfaretta Merriman, b. Nov. 22, 1863; resides at 
West Harpswell, Me. 
(4) Alcot Stover Merriman, b. April 4, 1822; d. Oct. 16, 1865; 
selectman of Harpswell, Me., 1865; m., Nov. 11, 1851, 
Sarah Jane Curtiss, b. April 27, 1830; d. Dec. 22, 1837; 
daughter of Peleg Curtiss and Jeannette Jordan, grand- 
daughter of Paul Curtiss and Deborah Webber. 
(5) Paul Sprague Merriman, b. Aug. 31, 1852; resides Bruns- 
wick, Me.; m., May 19, 1877, Susan Dunning Randall, 
b. Jan. 17, 1857; daughter of Benjamin F. Randall and 
Eleanor Dunning. 
(6) Benjamin Randall Merriman. b. Sept. 10, 1879. 
(6) Ralph Percy Merriman, b. Dec. 29, 1882. 
(6) Alden Dunning Merriman, b. Dec. 29, 1890. 
(6) Helen Elizabeth Merriman, b. March 17, 1892. 
(5) Alcot James Merriman, b. March 6, 1854; resides Jay, 
Me.; deputy sheriff; m., March 5, 1882, Sarah L. Stod- 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 91 

dara, b. Farmington, Me., May 29, 1859; daughter of 

Willard Stoddard and Nancy . 

(6) Willard S. Merriman, b. Jan. 6, 1884. 
(6) Ida F. Merriman, b. Feb. 21, 1887. 
(5) John A. Merriman, b. March 16, 1855; resides Lisbon 

Falls, Me.; a builder of pulp mills; m., Feb. 25, 1884, 

Lydia Augusta Merryman^, b. Harpswell, Me., Dec. 

22, 1857; daughter of John Henry Merriman and . 

(5) Washington Irvine Merriman, b. Aug. 16, 1857; d. Nov. 

25, 1895; resided Willard, Me.; m., April 10, 1884, 

Rosie B. Stover, b. Aug. 23, 18'^4; d. Nov. 4, 1903. 
(6) Blanche L. Merriman, b. Sept. 13, 1885. 
(6) Harold S. Merriman, b. 1887. 
(6) Gladys S. Merriman, b. Aug. 18, 1890. 
(4) Albion Merriman, b. 1824; d. Aug. 24, 1826. 



CHAPTER II. 
The second child of James Merryman^ and Hannah Blake, 

(3) Molly Merryman, b. Harpswell, Me., Dec. 11, 1782; d. at 
Owl's Head, Rockland, Me., May 20, 1867; m., Jan. 12, 1803, 
Capt. Nathaniel Merrymans, b. Harpswell, Me., April 22, 
1776; d. April 10, 1819; sea captain and farmer; son of 
Hugh Merryman- and Delight Bailey. (Full records of 
children, etc., p. 63.) 



CHAPTER III. 

The third child of James Merryman^ and Hannah Blake. 

(3) Hannah Merryman, b. Harpswell, Me., May 11, 1783; d. 
Brunswick, Me., Dec. 7, 1862; m., Oct. 1, 1805, Walter 
Merrymans, b. Harpswell, Me., April 4, 1785; d. Nov. 7, 
1867; son of Michael Merryman^ and Mary Bishop. This 
family resided at Rocky Hill, Brunswick, Me. See Section 
5, records of Michael Merryman. 



CHAPTER IV. 

The fourth child of James Merryman^ and Hannah Blake. 

(3) William Merryman, b. Harpswell, Me., Feb. 4, 1785; d. May 
12, 1859; m., July 12, 1809, Miriam Stovers, b. Jan. 21, 



92 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

1787; d. Jan. 9, 1856; daughter of Capt. John Stover* and 
Dolly Allen. 
(4) Capt. David Merryman, b. Sept. 19, 1810; d. Oct. 10, 1872; 
m., Sept. 30, 1849, Sarah A. Alexander, b. Harpswell, 
Me., Aug. 10, 1819; d. Sept. 22, 1875; daughter of John 
Alexander. 
(5) George A. Merriman, b. Aug. 8, 1850; resides "West 
Harpswell, Me.; m., Oct. 11, 1874, Lydia Stover, b. 
Harpswell, Me., July 22, 1854; daughter of Jacob Stover 
and Lydia Merryman. 
(6) Mary E. Merriman, b. March 29, 1876. 
(6) Albert J. Merriman, b. Feb. 24, 1883. 
(5) Emeline Merriman, b. Aug. 13, 1851; d. Feb. 10, 1855. 
(4) Capt. Wanton Merriman, b. April, 1811; d. Aug. 25, 1856; 
m. (first), March 4, 1841, Alice R. Stover, b. Jan. 8, 
1814; d. Dec. 16, 1841; daughter of Joseph Stover and 
Jane Hewey; m. (second), Feb. 19, 1845, Cordelia Orr, 
b. 1823; d. Sept. 29, 1870; daughter of James Orr and 
Mary Merryman. 

Children of first wife: 

(5) Child, d. in infancy. 

(5) Joseph S. Merryman, d. April 1, 1853 (16y.). 

Children of second wife: 

(5) Arthur Orr Merriman, b. March 22, 1847; carpenter at 

Harpswell, Me.; m. Mrs. Hannah (Merryman) Malletts, 

b. May 11, 1841; daughter of Simeon Merryman-t and 

Isabel Curtiss. She m. (first), Capt. Alvah Mallett. 

(5) Frances Emeline Merriman, b. April 22, 1848; d. May 

22, 1865. 
(5) James William Merriman, b. May 28, 1849; resides South 
Harpswell, Me.; m., Sept. 2, 1877, Phoebe Emma Bailey, 
b. Harpswell, Me., Nov. 7, 1851; daughter of Elijah 
P. Bailey and Lavina Bibber. 
(5) Wanton Merriman, b. Sept. 8, 1851; single. 
(5) May Alice Merriman, b. June 7, 1853; d. in youth. 
(5) Delia Ann Merriman, b. July 14, 1855; resides at the 
old Harpswell Center, Me., homestead. 
(4) Capt. Daniel Merriman, b. Harpswell, Me., May 24, 1819; 
d. July 15, 1894; m., Oct. 18, 1847, Deborah W. Curtiss, 
b. Harpswell, Aug. 19, 1822; daughter of Peleg Curtiss 
and Jeannette Jordan; granddaughter of Paul Curtiss 
and Deborah Webber. 
(5) Infant daughter, d. Dec. 5, 1847. 
(5) Infant daughter, d. Jan. 13, 1849. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 93 

(5) Charlotte Merriman, b. Nov. 29, 1851; m., July 12, 1869, 
Isaac Lincoln Dunning, b. Harpswell, Me., April 8, 
1852; son of Isaac Dunning and Nancy Stover. 
(6) Laura Curtiss Dunning, b. Sept. G, 18G9. 
(6) Gilbert Snow Dunning, b. Aug. 4, 1871. 
(5) Capt. Peleg Curtiss Merriman, b. Jan. 18, 1855; mer- 
chant at North Harpswell, Me.; m., 1892, Clara D. 
Randall, b. March 22, 1859; daughter of John F. Ran- 
dall and Elizabeth Alexander. 
(5) Mariam Merriman, b. Jan. 13, 1857; m., Feb. 2, 1884, 
Isaac Alexander Johnson, b. Jan. 28, 1856; son of 
Isaac A. Johnson and Rebecca Curtiss. 
(6) Flora Charlotte Johnson, b. Sept. 20, 1885. 
(6) Deborah Curtiss Johnson, b. July 23, 1887. 
(6) Ira Berry Johnson, b. June 2, 1890. 
(6) Samuel Kelsey Johnson, b. March 12, 1892. 
(5) Daniel Merriman, b. Harpswell, Me., April 23, 1850; d. 
March 3, 1905; a faithful, mail carrier on R. F. D. 
Route No. 1 for several years; also kept a barber 
shop near his home; a genial man, beloved by all; 
m.. May 4, 1880, Bertha A. Webber, b. Jan. 26, 1860; 
daughter of Capt. Arthur Webber and Bethiah Beals. 
(6) Leon Blake Merriman, b. Aug. 14, 1880; carpenter 
and mail carrier at West Harpswell, Me.; m., 1897, 
Daisy M. Noble, b. Harpswell, Me., June 26, 1880; 
daughter of Charles Noble and Mary Belinda Bib- 
ber. 
(7) Leona May Merriman, b. Oct. 31, 1898. 
(7) Edna Frances Merriman. 
(7) Raymond Stanley Merriman, d. Oct. 9, 1903. 
(7) Ralph Parker Merriman. 
(6) Ethel Frances Merriman, b. Nov. 12, 1881. 
(6) Earle Curtiss Merriman, b. May 24, 1891. 
(5) Deborah Cora Merriman, b. April 23, 1863; m., 1886, 
William F. Clark, son of Isaac Clark and Jane Allen. 
(5) Son, b. April 23, 1863; d. in infancy. 
(5) Daughter, b. Jan., 1865; d. in infancy. 
(5) William A. Merriman, b. July 23, 1867. 
(4) Emeline Merriman. 

(4) John Merriman, m., Sept. 7, 1841, Susie Curtiss, b. July 
10, 1820; daughter of Peleg Curtiss and Jeannette Jor- 
dan. She m. (second), Oct. 4, 1866, Stockbridge Eaton 
of Dixfield, Me. 
(5) John William Merriman, m., Oct. 11, 1873, Mary Aus- 
tine Stover. (See records, pp. 89-90.) 



94 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(5) Alice Meri'iman, d. May 31, 1855; m. Emore T. Allen 
of Harpswell, Me. 
(6) Susan Ann Allen, b. Dec. 30, 1862; m., March 17, 

1887, Freelan Smith. 
(6) Emore Irving Allen, b. Sept. 8, 18G4; m., Oct. 2, 1886, 

Ola Toothaker. 
(6) Jeannette M. Allen, b. March 1, 1868; m., Dec. 22, 
', 1890, Walter F. Pinkham, b. May 22, 1870; son of 

Timothy H. Pinkham and Mai-y Elizabeth Baily. 
(7) Wilmer A. Pinkham, b. April 6, 1892. 
(7) Lettie M. Pinkham, b. June 29, 1895. 
(7) John L. Pinkham, b. Jan. 23, 1897. 
(6) John W. Allen, b. April 8, 1871; m., Nov. 9, 1904, 

Lizzie M. Estey. 
(6) May E. Allen, b. Dec. 19, 1872. 
(6) Ernest S. Allen, b. Feb. 16, 1875. 
(6) Alice F. Allen, b. April 16, 1879. 
(6) Lillie E. Allen, b. April 23, 1883. 



CHAPTER V. 

The fifth child of James Merryman^ and Hannah Blaise. 

(3) Fanny Merryman, b. Harpswell, Me., Feb. 23, 1787; d. Jan. 19, 
1856; m., Oct. 16, 1808, Silvester Stover, b. Harpswell, Me., 
July 3, 1777; d. April 13, 1859; son of Alcot Stover and 
Elizabeth Allen; no children. 



CHAPTER VI. 

The sixth child of James IMerryman^ and Hannah Blake. 

(3) Mercy Merryman, b. Sept. 17, 1791; d. Oct. 16, 1835; m., Oct. 
9, 1817, James Orr^, b. Orr's Island, Me., Nov. 7, 1791; d. 
Sept. 23, 1827; son of Clement Orri and Patience Blake. 
(4) Mary Orr, b. Dec. 20, 1819; d. Nov. 24, 1846; m., April 15, 
1838, James Stover, b. Harpswell, Me., Oct. 22, 1810; d. 
Jan. 22, 1863; son of Joseph Stover and Jane Hewey. 
(5) Mercy Jane Stover, b. Dec. 10, 1840; m., Oct. 22, 1858, 
John J. Curtiss, b. Oct. 22, 1887; son of Peleg Curtiss 
and Jeannette Jordan. 
(6) Mary Jeannette Curtiss, b. Jan. 4, 1863; d. Jan. 3, 1891, 
m. Capt. Jeremiah Bartlett Pinkham, b. Oct. 3, 1859; 
d. July 14, 1887; son of Jacob Bailey Pinkham and 
Ann Bartlett. 



MERRYMAN GENEi\LOGY, 95 

(7) Jennie Mildred Pinkham, b. June 6, 1885. 
(6) Alpha E. Curtiss, b. July 1, 1SG8; d. Feb. 10, 18G9. 
(6) John Albert Curtiss, b. June 22, 1872; m., June 23, 
1895, Jennie Littlefield.b. Sept. 27, 1873. 
(7) Joseph Albert Curtiss, b. May 23. 1896. 
(7) Mertie Patience Curtiss, b. Sept. 7, 1897. 
(5) Joseph Stover, b. May 23, 1849; m., Feb. 26, 1885, Lydia 
Ann Alexander, b. Jan. 5, 1848; daughter of Pennell 
Alexander and Abigail Stover. 
(4) Cordelia Orr, b. 1823; d. Sept. 29, 1870; m., as his second 

wife, Capt. Wanton Merryman. (See records, p. 92.) 
(4) Arthur Orr, b. May, 1825; d. Oct. 14, 1891; m., Dec. 23, 1847, 
Esther Ann Wilson, b. July 19, 1829; d. Jan. 8, 1898; 
daughter of David Wilson and Esther Mountfort. 
(5) Charles Edwin Orr, b. Harpswell, Me., Nov. 3, 1848; d. 
Bath, Me., Sept. 27, 1892; carriage maker and carpen- 
ter; m-., Jan. 11, 1873, Lydia P. Webber, b. Harpswell, 
Me., March 20, 1846; daughter of David Webber and 
Lucretia Pinkham. 
(6) Lucy Frances Orr, b. West Harpswell, Me., May 9, 
1875; m., June 11, 1903, Frank Edgar Merryman, b. 
Bowdoin, Me.; stenographer. 
(7) Francis Arthur Merryman, b. Jan. 13, 1905. 
(6) Charles Sylvester Orr, b. West Harpswell, Me., Nov. 
8, 1877; graduated Bath High School June, 1895; 
stenographer in Boston, Mass. 
(6) Fred Augustus Orr, b. Brunswick, Me., Jan. 6, 1880; 
machinist in Bath, Me.; m., Dec. 15, 1903, Rose Ethel 
Merriman, b. Harpswell, Me., Feb. 24, 1883; daugh- 
ter of Rufus D. Merriman and Susie G. Woodward. 
(7) Alice Marion Orr, b. Jan. 12, 1904. 
(6) Carrie Helen Orr, b. Bath, Me., April 29, 1883. 
(G) Arthur Richardson Orr, b. Bath, Me., July 18, 1885; 
m., Aug., 1905, Maude Anna Deering of Bath; ma- 
chinist in Bath, Me. 
(5) Horatio A. Orr, b. June 15, 1851; m., June, 1878, Debra 
Aldrich Bibber, b. Aug. 9, 1855; daughter of Nathaniel 
P. Bibber and Mrs. Ellen (Aldrich) Sylvester. 
(6) Eunice L. Orr, b. and d. Aug. 30, 1S86. 
(G) Earnford Orr, b. 1887; d. in infancy. 
(G) Forrest Walker Orr, b. May 5, 1891. 
(5) Silvester Stover Orr, b. Oct. 27, 1852; d. Feb. 1, 1878. 
(5) Cordelia M. Orr, b. May 21, 1855; m., June 14, 1876, 
Orlando M. Bibber^, b. Harpswell, Me., March 17, 1852; 
son of Capt. David Bibber* and Amy Bibber. 



96 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(6) Charles A. Bibber, b. March 19, 1877. 

(6) Susie M. Bibber, b. Feb. 24, 1881. 

(6) Orlando S. Bibber, b. Nov. 21, 1883. 

(6) Annie E. Bibber, b. Oct. 31, 1887. 

(6) Bernard M. Bibber, b. Dec. 12, 1892. 

(6) Winfield A. Bibber, b. May 8, 1894. 
(5) Annie Gertrude Orr, b. Feb. 14, 1877; m., April 25, 1894, 
Elwood David Allen, b. Feb. 11, 18G5; daughter of 
George Elwood Allen and Carrie Smith. 
(4) James Orr, b. 1821; d. Sept., 1827. 



CHAPTER VII. 

The seventh child of James Merryman^ and Hannah 
Blake. 

(3) Lydia Merryman, b. Aug. 11, 1792; d. Aug. 23, 1821; m., Aug. 
16, 1810, Capt. John Stover^, b. Harpswell, Me., March 21, 
1781; son of Alcot Stover and Elizabeth Allen. 
(4) Jacob Stover, b. Feb. 5, 1811; d. April 8, 1892; m., Jan. 13, 
1842, Hannah Merryman-t, b. Harpswell, Me., Feb. 24, 
1821; d. March 10, 1895; son of Jacob Merrymans and 
Elizabeth Clark. 
(5) William C. Stover, b. Sept. 10, 1844; d. April 16, 1855. 
(5) Jacob Henry Stover, b. Nov. 6, 1848; d. Oct. 10, 1886. 
(5) Pennell Alexander Stover, b. July 17, 1850; m. Bianca A. 
Bibber, b. Nov. 19, 1851; daughter of Bailey Bibber and 
Phoebe Bailey. 
(6) Burton Scott Stover, b. March 20, 1877; m. Grace C. 

Allen, b. ; d. Jan. 7, 1904; daughter of George 

Allen and Caroline Smith. 
(7) Burton S. Stover, b. Nov. 6, 1896. 
(7) George P. Stover, b. Oct. 31, 1897. 
(5) Lizzie E. Stover, b. Dec. 22, 1852. 
(5) Lydia Stover, b. July 22, 1854; m., Oct. 11, 1874, George 

A. Merriman, b. Aug. 8, 1850. (See records, p. 92.) 
(5) Robert Dunning Stover, b. Aug. 13, 1858; d. June 2, 1882. 
(5) Thomas Millett Stover, b. June 14, 1867; drowned Jan. 
16, 1904. 
(4) Abigail Stover, b. Nov. 17, 1812; m., Jan. 5, 1837, Pennell 
Alexander, son of Isaac Alexander. 
(5) William S. Alexander, b. March 9, 1858; d. Aug. 17, 1894; 
m., Feb. 6, 1862, Elizabeth M. Stover, b. Nov. 7, 1840; 
daughter of Robert Stover. 



MERRYMAN GENE.VLOGY. 97 

(6) Abbie Alexander, b. Sept. 14, 1SG7; m., Feb. 4, 1S94, 
George A. Barnes, b. June 16, 18G5. 
(7> Lillian F. Barnes, b. Aug. 18, 189G. 
(7) William S. Barnes, b. Oct. 3, 1897. 
(6) Lewis P. Alexander, b. Aug. 18, 18G9. 
(6) Fannie Louisa Alexander, b. Nov. 11, 1871; m., Oct. 12, 
1895, Samuel D. Alexander, b. July 29, 1851; son of 
William Alexander and Elizabeth Dunning. 
(7) Elizabeth Frances Alexander, b. May 23, 1897. 
(6) Mary B. Alexander, b. Feb. 27, 1877. 
(5) Isaac Alexander, b. July 29, 1841; m., Jan. 1, 1S73, Alice 
M. Stover, b. March 30, 1844; daughter of Robert 
Stover and Abigail Merryman. 
(6) Robert Willis Alexander, b. Oct. 31, 1874. 
(5) Lydia Ann Alexander, b. Jan. 15, 1848; m., Feb. 2G, 1885, 
Joseph A. Stover, b. May 23, 1847; daughter of James 
Stover and Mary Orr. 
(4) Hannah Stover, b. Jan. 8, 1814; d. Aug. 14, 1894; single. 
(4) William Stover, b. Feb. 22, 1816; d. April 26, 1842. 
(4) Fanny Stover, b. Aug. 22, 1817; m., Nov. 9, 1841, James 
Alexander; son of Isaac Alexander and Mary Pennell. 
(5) Albert L. Alexander, b. Jan. 6, 1845; m. Adeline Rideout. 
(6) Holman Alexander, b. Jan. 14, 1878. 
(6) Fannie Alexander, b. Jan. 21, 1883. 
(6) Albert L. Alexander. 
(6) Bertha Alexander. 
(5) Henry Alexander, b. Jan. 11, 1848; m. Maria Bunter of 

Haverhill, Mass. 
(5) James Edward Alexander, b. April 24, 1854; blacksmith 
at North Harpswell, Me.; m., Oct. 21, 1883, Etta B. 
Johnson, b. Sept. 25, 1853 ; daughter of Isaac Alexander 
Johnson and Rebecca Curtiss. 
(4) Lettice Stover, b. Nov. 26, 1819; d. April 2, 1897; m., Oct. 
25, 1843, William Clough Eaton, b. Dec. 24, 1815; d. Jan. 
28, 1903; son of Joseph Eaton and Fannie Tyler Wood. 
(5) Frances Tyler Eaton, b. Feb. 8, 1846; d. Oct. 21, 1875; 

m. Clement L. Dunning, b. July 15, 1836. 
(5) Alfred Pennell Eaton, b. Dec. 18, 1849; d. Aug. 9, 1850. 
(5) Ann Augusta Eaton, b. June 1, 1851; d. Oct. 25, 1865. 
(5) Joseph Franklin Eaton, b. Dec. 3, 1855; d. Jan. 11, 1856. 
(5) Samuel Eaton, b. May 15, 1857; d. Nov. 1, 1865. 
(4) Two infants, b. and d. Aug. 23, 1821. 

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98 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY, 

CHAPTER VIII. ' 

The eighth child of James Merryman^ and Hannah 

Blake. 

(3) Jacob Merryman, b. Sept. 20, 1793; d. July 29, 1SG6; m. Eliz- 
abeth Clark, b. Harpswell, Me., Feb., 1793; d. July 12, 1S83; 
daughter of Josiah Clark, Jr., and Miriam Rodick. 
(4) Simon Merriman, b. April 7, 1816; d. July 12, 1882; m., 
April 29, 1838, Isabel M. Curtiss, b. Harpswell, Me., Sept. 
19, 1817; daughter of Nehemiah Curtiss and Jane Alex- 
ander. 
(5) Charles W. Merriman, b. Dec. 16, 1838; m. Jennie Foster 

of Topsham, Me. 
(5) Hannah Merriman, b. May 11, 1841; m. (first), Nov. 12, 
1867, Capt. Alvah P. Mallett, b. Topsham, Me., Nov. 22, 
1841; d. at sea Sept. 26, 1873; m. (second), Arthur O. 
Merriman, b. March 22, 1847. 
Children of first husband: 

(6) Alvah Mallett, d. at 20 years of age. 
(6) Alice S. Mallett, b. Oct., 1872; d. Nov. 2, 1889. 
(5) Capt. Jacob Merriman, b. Aug. 29, 1843; resides Topsham, 
Me.; m., 1868, Mary Ella Cox, b. Topsham, Me., Sept. 
5, 1851; daughter of James Cox and Priscilla Puring- 
ton. 
(6) Clara B. Merriman, b. Sept. 9, 1874; d. Oct. 21, 1882. 
(6) Florence P. Merriman, b. Aug. 1, 1876. 
(6) Henry F. Merriman, b. Oct. 23, 1878. 
(6) James Guy Merriman, b. March 17, ISSO; d. 1904. He 
was a very industrious and ambitious young man, 
and had lately successfully taken his examination 
as a conductor on the Maine Central Railroad. 
(6) Roy S. Merriman, b. Feb. 16, 1883. 
(5) Rufus Dunning Merriman, b. Harpswell, Me., July 26, 
1849; carpenter; m., Jan. 12, 1878, Susie G. Woodward, 
b. Brunswick, Me., Oct. 10, 1852; daughter of Jordan 
Woodward and Martha Snow. 
(6) Elmer Merriman, b. May 10, 1879; d. Sept. 9, 1881. 
(6) Rose Ethel Merriman, b. Feb. 24, 1883; m., Dec. 15, 
1903, Fred Augustus Orr, b. June 8, 1880. 
(7) Alice Marion Orr, b. .Jan. 12, 1904. 
(6) Lulu M. Merriman, b. June 5, 1891. 
(5) Lavina L. Merriman, b. Sept. 28, 1859; resides Harps- 
well, Me.; m., Oct. 24, 1884, George C. Bibberr., b. Nov. 
20, 1857, son of Charles Bibber, Jr., and Susan C. Web- 
ber. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 99 

(6) Harmon A. Bibber, b. June IS, 1S85. 
(6) Mertie J. Bibber, b. April 23, 1887. 
(G) Ellen M. Bibber, b. April 23, 1892. 
(6) Lottie J. Bibber, b. Feb. 27, 1895. 
(6) Idella H. Bibber, b. May 2G, 1897. 
(6) George C. Bibber, b. June 6, 1899; d. Oct. 17, 1899. 
(4) Charles Merriman, b. Aug., 1819; d. Feb. 19, 1875; m., Nov. 
27, 1845, Eleanor H. Webber, b. Harpswell, Me., Dec. 6, 
1824; daughter of Phineas Webber and Lydia A. Beals. 
(5) Charles E. Merriman, b. Sept. 15, 184G; d. Sept. 30, 1860. 
(5) Lydia E. Merriman, b. Oct. 25, 1848; d. July 10, 1851. 
(5) Mary A. Merriman, b. June 8, 1851; m. Samuel Goud. 
(5) Frederic C. Merriman, b. May 22, 1854; m., Jan. 23, 1884, 
Emma H. Hodgkins; daughter of Charles H. Hodgkins 
and Josephine Johnson. 
(6) Thomas; Alice; Wylie Francis; Louise Thankful; 
Lionel. 
(5) Capt. Walter H. Merriman, b. Oct. 12, 185G; m. Lizzie 
Gelney. 
(6) Frank H. Merriman, b. May 16, 1884. 
(6) Walter Merriman, Jr., b. Feb. 16, 1887. 
(6) Perley Merriman, b. April 16, 1889. 
(6) Eva M. Merriman, b. June 5, 1893. 
(6) Eleanor Merriman, b. June 12, 1896. 
(6) Ernest Merriman, b. May 20,-1899. 
(5) Lizzie J. Merriman, b. March 20, 1861; d. June 9, 1877. 
(5) Margaret E. Merriman, b. July 4, 18GG; m. (first), Dec. 
11, 1883, Samuel Hodgkins«, b. May 30, 1863; d. Jan. 
2, 1891; son of Charles B. Hodgkinss and Josephine 
Johnson; m. (second), March 14, 1893, Herbert L. 
Webber, b. June 2, 1868; son of David Webber and 
Abigail . 

Children of first husband: 

(6) Frederic Edgar Hodgkins, b. April 4, 1883; d. 1903. 

(6) Josephine Mary Hodgkins, b. March 14, 1885. 

(6) Alphonso Bryant Hodgkins, b. April 4, 1889; d. Oct. 21, 
1893. 
Children of second husband: 

(6) Charles Edward Webber, b. Sept. 30, 1898. 

(6) Bertha E. Webber. 

(6) Daughter, b. Feb. 13, 1903. 
(5) Lucy H. Merriman, b. Oct. 12, 1869; d. Jan. 8, 1897; m., 
Oct. 31, 1891, Frank A. Alexander. 

(6) Ida Bailey Alexander, b. Nov. 2, 1892. 

L. Of C» 



100 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(4) Hannah Merriman, b. Feb. 24, 1821; d. Nov. 10, 1895; m., 

Jan. 13, 1842, Jacob Stover. (See records, pp. 96, 97.) 
(4) Lydia S. Merriman, b. Feb. 24, 1821; d. Feb. 26, 1893; m., 
Oct. 3, 1844, Capt. Norton Stover, b. March 23, 1812; d. 
Nov. 19, 1898; son of Capt. Joshua Stover and Sarah 
Curtiss. 
(5) Susan E. Stover, b. Sept. 12, 1845; m. (first), 1872, Capt. 
Llewellyn Holt, who d. 1878; m. (second), 1886, How- 
ard L. Maxwell of Lewiston, Me. 
(5) Julia F. Stover, b. Dec. 25, 1849. 

(5) Lucinda M. Stover, b. Jan. 9, 1857; m., Aug. 13, 1871, 
Horatio Merrill of Falmouth, Me. 
(6) Ida V. Merrill, b. March 16, 1877; d. Dec. 24, 1877. 
(6) Alice B. Merrill, b. Feb. 27, 1887; d. Feb. 29, 1887. 
(5) Lorenzo A. Stover, b. Feb. 7, 1860; d. April 24, 1873. 
(5) Alvah B. Stover, b. March 3, 1862; d. April 24, 1873. 
(4) Lucinda Merriman, b. Sept. 25, 1823; d. July 13, 1897; m., 
.Sept. 12, 1847, Capt. David Stover, b. Harpswell, Me., 
March 19,- 1819; son of Capt. Johnson Stover and Sarah 
Curtiss. 
(5) Elizabeth Ann Stover, b. Sept. 17, 1848; resides Spring- 
field, Mass.; m., March 12, 1879, Isaac Newton Bailey, 
b. Harpswell, Me., April 24, 1846; d. Dec. 9, 1904; 
son of Moses Bailey and Sarah H. Bailey. 
(6) Fred Pennoyer. Bailey, b. Aug. 12, 1882; carpenter and 
builder; m., June 22, 1903, Stella G. Hollingsworth. 
(7) Helen S. Bailey, b. July 5, 1904. 
(5) David Sewall Stover, b. July 25, 1857. 
(5) Child, d. in infancy. 
(5) Georgietta Stover, b. March 28, 1864. 
(5) Nellie L. Stover, b. March 28, 1864. 
(4) Capt. Josiah Clark Merryman, b. Dec. 25, 1825; d. Oct. 19, 
1894; m., Feb. 14, 1850, Eliza Ann Webber, b. Oct. 10, 
1829; d. Dec. 11, 1879; daughter of Phineas Webber and 
Lydia A. Beals. 
(5) Edward Payson Merriman, b. May 25, 1851; d. Sept. 15, 

1876. 
(5) Fanny U. Merriman, b. 1853; d. 1857. 
(5) Hattie E. Merriman, b. April 13, 1856; m., 1880, Eubra 
S. Cunningham, b. Edgecomb, Me. 
(6) lola Mary Cunningham, b. Feb. 25, 1881; d. Nov. 13, 

1896. 
(6) Maurice Eubra Cunningham, b. March 4, 1884. 
(6) Maud Lyndale Cunningham, b. Aug. 27, 1890. 
(6) Helen Evangeline Cunningham, b. Nov. 22, 1895. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 101 

(6) Florence Belle Cunningham, b. March 16, 1897. 

(5) Lydia B. Merriman, d. at eight months. 

(5) Byron W. Merriman, b. 1860; d. 1862. 

(5) Sylvester S. Merriman, b. Aug. 17, 1863; m. (first), Aug. 
17, 1886, Rosetta Rush, b. Southport, Me., Oct. 20, 
1866; d. Jan. 8, 1890; m. (second), Oct. 14, 1894, Emma 
Hornbrok. 

Children of first wife: 

(6) Joseph Merriman, b. Dec. 30, 1887; d. Aug. 28, 1888. 
(6) Sadie Merriman, b. July 15, 1889. 

Children of second wife: 

(6) Nellie D. Merriman, b. Aug. 3, 1895. 
(6) Grace E. Merriman, b. Aug. 26, 1897. 
(5) Mary Frances Merriman, b. July 15, 1866; d. April 3, 

1881. 
(5) Melville de Forrest Merriman, b. May 29, 1870. 
(4) Jacob Henry Merriman, b. Dec. 25, 1832; d. Dec. 25, 1899; 
farmer and blacksmith; m. (first), May 15, 1855, Mary 
Jane Webber, b. Oct. 18, 1831; d. Aug. 7, 1875; daughter 
of Phineas Webber and Lydia A. Beals; m. (second), 
Jan. 21, 1883, Matilda Allen, b. March 9, 1846; daughter 
of Elisha Allen. 
Children of first wife: 

(5) Prank Ernest Merriman, b. March 4, 1856; carpenter; m., 

Oct. 26, 1890, Mary Brown. 
(5) Lydia Augusta Merriman, b. Dec. 22, 1857; m., Feb. 24, 

1884, Jacob A. Merriman"-, b. March 16, 1855. 

(5) Mary Helen Merriman, b. March 5, 1863; m.. May 4, 
1891, John R. Stanwood of Bath, Me., b. Aug. 23, 1893. 
(6) Ernest Treat Stanwood, b. May 16, 1893. 
(5) Susie E. Merriman, b. June 11, 1866; d. Feb. 6, 1891. 
(5) Kate D. Merriman, b. March 24, 1869; m., June 27, 1897, 
Winfield Scott Allen, b. Oct. 10, 1869. 

Child of second wife: 

(5) Mildred J. Merriman, b. Sept. 12, 1885. 
(4) Mercy Ellen Merriman, b. May 1, 1835; m. (first), Feb. 21, 
1855, Capt. Abijah Curtiss Stover, b. March 16, 1823; d. 
Jan. 4, 1887; son of Capt. Johnson H. Stover and Susan- 
nah Curtiss. 
(5) Johnson Harmon Stover, b. Aug. 2, 1857; resides South 
Harpswell, Me.; painter and paper hanger; m., Dec. 6, 

1885, Lydia Johnson Farr, b. Dec. 7, 1852; daughter of 
Hugh Farr and Ruth Orr. 



102 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(6) Harmon Dinsmore Stover, b. Oct. 2G, 1886; graduated 

Westbrook Seminary, June 29, 1905. 
(6) Ruby Ellen Stover, b. July 14, 1888. 
(6) Lydia Ann Stover, b. March 26, 1892. 
(6) William Abijah Stover, b. Aug. 18, 1894. 
(5) Delphina Paris Stover, b. May 3, 1859; resides Auburn, 
Me.; m., Jan. 5, 1879, John Harmon Thomas, b. Harps- 
well, Me., Feb. 22, 1847; son of Paul R. Thomas and 
Elizabeth Pennell. 
(6) Mary Abbie Thomas, b. March 24, 1880. 
(6) Edna Gertrude Thomas, b. Sept. 15, 1883; graduated 
Edward Little High School, Auburn, Me., 1902, and 
from Bliss Business College, Lewiston, Me., 1903. 
(6) John Harmon Thomas, b. March 22, 1885; graduated 

Edward Little High School, Auburn, Me., 1902. 
(6) Mina Stetson Thomas, b. May 21, 1889; d. June 14, 
1890. 
(5) William D. Stover, b. May 11, 1861; d. Dec. 24, 1887. 
(5) Abijah Curtiss Stover, b. March 16, 1863; m., Aug. 24, 
1884, Willietta Martha Bibber, b. March 3, 1868; daugh- 
ter of William Stockbridge Bibber and Martha Ann 
Preble. 
(6) Delphina Paris Stover, b. June 8, 1885. 
(6) Emma Leona Stover, b. April 15, 1892. 
(5) Mary Estelle Stover, b. June 20, 1865; m., Dec, 1889, 
George Blaisdell, b. East Harpswell, Me., Dec. 5, 1853, 
son of Joseph Blaisdell and Mary Ann • ; ma- 
chinist. 
(5) Ellen Gertrude Stover, b. Jan. 28, 1873; m., April, 1894, 
David Parker, b. Greene, Me., Dec. 8, 1864; son of 
Emery Parker and Caris . 



SECTION FIFTH. 



(2) Michael Merryman, the fifth son of Ancestor Walter 
Merrymani, b. Harpswell, Me./ 1760; d. Feb. 2, 1848 
(88y.) ; m., Feb. 13, 1783, Mary Bishop, b. Harps- 
well, Me., 1756; d. Jan. 26, 1832 (66y.) ■ daughter of 
Luke Bishop, the Harpswell (Me.) Bishop ancestor. 
He lived on what has been called the Capt. Hudson 
]\Ierryman farm at Harpswell Center, Me. Hudson 
Llerryman inherited this place from his uncle, 
Michael Merryman. It is said that the Ancestor 
Walter ]\Ierryman lived for awhile on the same farm 
The children of ]\Iichael J\Ierryman and Mary 
Bishop : 



CHAPTEPv I. 

(3) Walter Merryman, b. Harpswell, Me., April 4, 1785; d. Nov. 
7, 1867. He lived at Rocky Hill, Brunswick, Me.; farmer; 
m., Oct. 1, 1805, Hannah Merrymans, b. Harpswell, Me., May 
11, 1783; d. Dec. 7, 1862, daughter of James Merryman^ and 
Hannah Blake. 
(4) Capt. Enos Merryman, b. Jan. 22, 1807; d. Jan. 4, 1851. He 
died at New York City, of smallpox, while acting as 
keeper of a ship; buried at Greenwood Cemetery, N. Y. ; 
m. Hannah McManuss, b. Brunswick, Me., Nov. 10, 180G; 
d. Nov., 1899 ; daughter of Robert McManus^ and Eleanor 
Coombs; granddaughter of Ancestor James McManusi 
and Mary Corbett. 
(5) Capt. Robert Lincoln Merryman, b. Brunswick, Me., April 
4, 1829; d. Alameda, Cal., Dec, 1903. He was a suc- 
cessful captain for many years; m. Almira Merryman^, 
b. Jan. 9, 1834; d. June 7, 1899; daughter of Capt. 
Thomas Merryman* and Almira McManus. 
(6) Nellie Alexander Merryman, d. in youth. 



104 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(6) George M. Merryman, b. April 1, 1861; resides Ala- 
meda, Cal.; a steamer engineer on the Pacific coast; 
m. Miss Hatch. 
(6) Capt. Robert L. Merryman, b. Oct., 1864. 
(6) Elmira Merryman, b. Aug., 1876; resides Alameda, Cal. 
(5) Harriet Knights Merryman, b. Sept. 1, 1832; d. Roxbury, 
Mass., Aug. 15, 1873; m., Feb. 23, 1850, Thomas Merry- 
mans, b. Nov. 27, 1826; d. Brookline, Mass., July 3, 
1892; son of James Merryman -i and Mary B. Merry- 
mans. 
(6) Thomas P. Merryman, b. Portland, Me., July 13, 1851; 
resides Brockton, Mass. (See records, p. 23.) 
(5) Walter Merryman, b. Sept. 12, 1833; d. 1881; followed 
the sea in early life and then was a farmer at Grouse- 
town, Brunswick, Me.; m. Mrs. Nancy McManus, nee 
Webber, the widow of James McManus. 
(5) George Merryman, b. May 21, 1836; d. New Orleans, La., 

June 8, 1858; followed the sea. 
(5) Enos Merryman, b. Brunswick, Me., Jan. 13, 1840; re- 
sides Roxbury, Mass.; went to sea at first, and has 
since been a carpenter; m., June 24, 1875, Sarah Grace 
Ellenwood, b. Boston, Mass., March 12, 1846; daughter 
of William Francis Ellenwood and Sarah H. Fessenden 
Ford; a daughter of the American Revolution. 
(5) Fannie Quincy Merryman, b. Feb. 21, 1843; resides 
Haverhill, Mass.; m. Edward B. Bishop, b. July 6, 1835; 
son of Joshua Bishop and Harriet Randall. For sev- 
eral years one of the commissioners of Essex County, 
Mass. 
(6) Mary F. Bishop, b. Sept. 9, 1877. 
(6) Child, d. in infancy, March 12, 1878. 
(6) Edward Brown Bishop, b. May 23, 1881. 
(6) Fannie Merryman Bishop, b. July 25, 1887. 
(5) Capt. John H. Merryman, b. Aug. 17, 1846; resides San 
Francisco, Cal.; has followed the sea since 15 years of 
age. 
(4) John Merryman, b. Oct. 5, 1808; d. Feb. 27, 1891; m. Elinor 
C. McManuss, b. Brunswick, Me., June 1, 1809; d. Saco, 
Me., March 29, 1891; daughter of Robert McManuss and 
Eleanor Coombs; granddaughter of Ancestor James Mc- 
Manusi and Mary Corbett. 
(5) Hannah Ellen Merryman, b. April 14, 1829; d. Jan. 9, 

1844. 
(5) Frances Erwin Merryman, b. Nov. 11, 1831; resides Ha- 
verhill, Mass.; m. June 3, 1853, John Henry Woodside, 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 105 

b. Brunswick, Me., Sept., 1829; son of John Woodside 
and Nancy Melcher. 
(6) Nancy Ellen Woodside, b. April 2, 1855; m. (first), 
William R. Chase, who d. 1892; m. (second), Dec. 25, 
1899, Ernest Oilman. 
(6) Augusta Curtis Woodside, b. March, 18G0; m., 1877, 
James H. Graham. 
(7) Charles H. Graham, b. 1878; m., 1898, Rose Babette. 

(8) Son, b. June, 1899. 
(7) William Graham, b. 1887. 
(7) Nancy S. Graham, b. 1892. 
(6) Francis Henry Woodside, b. Sept., 1867; m., 1886, Rose 
Lee, b. 1868. 
(7) Ralph E. Woodside, b. March, 1888. 
(5) Nathaniel Merryman, b. April 22, 1833; d. Baker City, 

Ore., Aug., 1870; miner; went to California in 1850. 
(5) Augusta Merryman, b. Dec. 22, 1834; m. Capt. Peleg Cur- 
tiss, b. Jan. 28, 1818; d. Sept. 11, 1879; son of Peleg 
Curtiss and Jeannette Jordan. 
(5) Richard Merryman, b. Brunswick, Me.. Dec. 24, 1836; re- 
sides" Haverhill, Mass.; contractor and builder; m., 
July 4, 1869, Ella A. Roberts, b. Winchester, Mass., 
April 11, 1849; daughter of Samuel Roberts and Olive 

A. . Gave fine help with these records. 

(6) Evalyn Olive Merryman, b. Baker City, Ore., April 24, 
1870; resides Haverhill, Mass.; graduated Bradford 
Academy, Mass., 1889; m., Sept. 20, 1895, Daniel C. 
Hunti, b. Chelsea, Vt, Oct. 13, 1S67; member of the 
F. E. Hutchinson Shoe Co.; son of Daniel Smith Hunt 
and Henrietta Ordway. 
(7) Olive Stetson Hunt, b. Aug. 30, 1896. 
(7) Harriet Ordway Hunt, b. Jan. 19, 1899. 
(7) Paul Merryman Hunt, b. Oct. 7, 1905. 
(6) Walter Roberts Merryman, b. Baker City, Ore., Feb. 
6, 1872; graduated Bryant and Stratton's Commercial 
College, Boston, Mass., 1890; photographer at Haver- 
• hill, Mass.; m., Nov. 27, 1902, Alice Brooks Merrill. 
(7) Rebecca Eastman Merryman, b. May 31, 1904. 
(5) William Simpson Merryman, b. March 20, 1840; resides 
Haverhill, Mass., since 1866; mason; street commis- 
sioner at Haverhill, Mass., for several years; m., Nov. 
3, 1867, Frances Eliza Dennett, b. Topsham, Me., Feb. 3, 
1850; daughter of William W. Dennett and Eliza S. 



106 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 



(G) Anna Walker Merryman, b. Lisbon, Me., May 11, 1869; 
m., Sept. 5, 1894, Dr. George B. Blancliard of Lewis- 
ton, Me., now of New York City. 
(6) Maude Dennett Merryman, b. June 16, 1874; m., June 
6, 1894, Waiter H. Page, a shoe manufacturer of 
Haverhill, Mass. 
(7) Frances Dennett Page, b. Nov. 19, 1895. 
(7) William Merryman Page, b. Nov. 15, 1897. 
(5) Lydia Whitehouse Merryman, b. Oct. 4, 1844; d. Saco, 
Me., Sept. 29, 1899; m. (first), Charles Spencer Merry- 
man, b. Oct. 11, 1832; d. Callao, Peru, Nov. 11, 1873; 
son of Capt. Henry Merryman^ and Catherine Mc- 
Manus. (See p. 40.) M. (second), Jan. 1, 1873, Judge 
Rufus P. Tapley of Saco, Me., who d. April 10, 1893. 



(6) 
(6) 
(6) 



Margaret Tapley, b. 1874; d. in infancy. 



Edward Kent Tapley, b. Feb. 28, 1876; d. Feb. 27, 1896. 
Linda Kent;rapley, b. Sept. 20, 1878; d. Sept. 27, 1895; 
m., May 1, 1899, Henry LeBonte. 
(6) John D. Annvers Tapley, b. Dec. 2, 1885. 
(5) Robert McManus Merryman, b. March 16, 1846; resides 
Haverhill, Mass.; left Brunswick, Me., in 1862; carried 
on the reform school farm at Portland, Me., one season; 
stone mason; m. (first), Aug. 7, 1872, Mrs. Laura L. 
(Morrison) Graham of Haverhill, Mass.; m. (second), 
Oct. 3, 1894, Viola Laura Rowell of Haverhill, Mass. 

Child of first wife: 

(6) John W. Merryman, b. 1880. 

Child of second wife: 

(6) Nettie Frances Merryman, b. Feb. 3, 1896. 
(5) Hannah Ellen Merryman, b. May 12, 1848; d. Oct., 1869. 
(5) Linda S. Merryman, b. Dec. 8, 1853. 
(4) Galen Merryman, b. Oct. 4, 1810; d. 1892; m. Kate P. 
Coombs of Brunswick, Me.; daughter of Charles Coombs. 
(5) Jane Merryman, m. Joseph Carter. 

(6) Alice Carter. 
(5) Carrie Merryman. 
(5) Alice Merryman. 
(4) Mary Jane Merryman, b. May 28, 1813; d. Dec. 15, 1844; ra. 
William McManus. 
(5) Walter McManus, m. Harriet S. Mall of Deering, Me. 
(5) Fannie J. McManus, b. June 1843; d. Dec. 16, 1853. 
(4) Fannie J. Merryman, b. 1815; d. April 10, 1831. 
(4) Capt. Robert Merryman, b. April 22, 1822; d. Oct. 18, 1892; 
m. (first), Rebecca A. Nutter, b. May 24, 1822; d. Feb. 22, 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 107 

1872; m. (second), Oct. 18, 1873, Hannah E. McManus, b. 
April 16, 1838. 
Children of first wife: 

(5) Mary J. Merryman, b. April 15, 1847; d. Sept. 28, 1853. 
(5) Anthony'N. Merryman, b. May 18, 1855; d. July 9, 18G5. 
(5) Enos L. Merryman, b. July 16, 1857; d. March, 1881; m. 
Martha Bradley. 
(6) Edwin C. Merryman, b. Sept. 30, 1881. 
(6) Harry Merryman, b. Oct., 1882. 



CHAPTER II. 

(3) Capt. James Merryman, b. Harpswell, Me., Jan. 3, 1787; d. 
Aug. 25, 1876; m. (first), March 24, 1813, Sallie Curtiss, b. 
Sept. 5, 1793; d. April 21, 1831; daughter of Paul Curtiss 
and Deborah Webber; m. (second), Mrs. Mary (Estes) 
Bishop. 
Children, all of the first marriage: 

(4) Deborah Merryman, b. July, 1814; d. March 16, 1888; m., 
Oct. 25, 1838, Capt. Sinnett Orr of Bailey's Island, Me., b. 
Oct. 27, 1817; d. April 8, 1897; son of Richard Orr and 
Mary Sinnett. 
(5) Mary Orr, b. Sept. 14, 1842; d. April 24, 1853. 
(5) Isaac Henry Orr, b. Jan. 9, 1844; d. Dec. 7, 1864. 
(5) Capt. James Lewis Orr, b. March 26, 1846; d. May 10, 
1900; m., Oct. 9, 1877, Mary Louise Stover, b. Harps- 
well Center, Me., Dec. 22, 1852; daughter of Capt. Lem- 
uel H. Stover and Jane Johnson Sinnett. 
(6) Ethel Waldron Orr, b. Dec. 30, 1882. 
(5) Hudson Bishop Merryman Orr, b. Sept. 3, 1848; m., April 
8, 1876, Hattie Randall Douglasso, b. Sept. 22, 1853; 
daughter of John W. Douglass-^ and Martha C. Randall. 
(6) Child, b. Jan. 24, 1877; d. in infancy. 
(6) Orah Mary Orr, b. June 2, 1879; d. Dec. 6, 1892. 
(6) Sinnett Winfred Orr, b. Jan. 24, 1881. 
(6) Jennie Grace Orr, b. Nov. 4, 1883; m., Sept., 1901, Er- 
nest W. Gardner. 
(6) John William Orr, b. April 6, 1886; d. May 10, 1901. 
(6) Mattie Lewis Orr, b. May 24, 1889. 
(6) Helena Almira Orr, b. April 19, 1890. 
(6) Bertha Irene Orr, b. Aug. 19, 1895; d. Jan. 15, 1897. 
(5) Mary Elizabeth Orr, b. Oct. 13, 1854; d. May 13, 1874. 



108 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

(4) Capt. Jeremiah Curtiss Merryman, b. Sept. 4, 1817; resides 
Brunswiclt, Me.; m., Sept. 4, 1845, Elizabeth Stover, b. 
Harpswell, Me., Sept. 7, 1821; daughter of Joseph Stover 
and Jane Hewey. 
(5) Jeannette S. Merryman, b. July 13, 1847; d. Sept., 1905. 
(5) Frederic Merryman, b. Oct. 6, 1855; d. July 29, 1857. 
(5) Edward J. Merryman, b. Oct. 28, 1858; d. Sept. 13, 1885. 
(5) Curtiss H. Merryman, b. Aug. 30, 1861. 
(5) Albert S. Merryman, b. May 8, 1S65. 
(4) Capt. Paul Curtiss Merryman, b. April 22, 1820; d. Bruns- 
wick, Me., Sept. 17, 1893. He made many successful voy- 
ages to the Chinca Islands and all the large South Amer- 
ican ports, as well as to Liverpool, etc.; m., Sept. 9, 1851, 
Ann Eliza Skolfield, b. Nov. 8, 1833; resides Brunswick, 
Me.; daughter of Master George R. Skolfield and Ann 
Eliza Reed. 
(5) Eliza Reed Merryman, b. Harpswell, Me., Oct. 5, 1853; 
resides 91 Emery Street, Portland, Me.; m., Sept. 23, 
1873, Willis Moreland Chenery, b. Yarmouth, Me., Dec. 
4, 1850; merchant; wholesale importer and manufac- 
turer; son of Moses Chenery and Catherine Rand. 
(6) Annie Caroline Chenery, b. Jan. 28, 1875; d. Dec. 30, 

1879. 
(6) Bessie Moreland Chenery, b. March 10, 1S7G; resides 
at Mountain View Park, Cape Elizabeth, Me.; m., 
June 5, 1899, Andrew Sheldon Macreadie of Whit- 
horne, Scotland. 
(7) Margaret Willis Macreadie, b. Aug. 13, 1900. 
(7) Andrew Macreadie, b. April 3, 1904. 
(6) George Skolfield Chenery, b. June 24, 1879; d. Jan. 12, 

1880. 
(6) Emma Williams Chenery, b. March 25, 1883; d. Sept. 

11, 1902. 
(6) Oliver Henry Chenery, b Dec. 23, 1885; traveling sales- 
man. 
(G) Lida Merryman Chenery, b. Aug. 30, 1890. 
(5) Mary Curtiss Merryman, b. Nov. 4, 1855; d. June 29, 1859. 
(5) George Skolfield Merryman, b. Feb. 7, 1859; d. Jan. 13, 

18G2. 
(5) Fannie Skolfield Merryman, b. Feb. 27, 18G1; m., Dec. 28, 
1891, Fred E. Hall, b. Brunswick, Me., June 1, 1866; 

son of Daniel Hall and Mary J. . 

(6) Annie Merryman Hall, b. Nov. 15, 1893. 
(6) Ernest Hall, b. Aug. 22, 1898. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 109 

(5) Alice Curtiss Merryman, b. Dec. 13, ISGG; d. April 17, 

1869. 
(5) Ernest Merryman, b. Dec. 2, 1869; clerk. 
(5) Curtiss Merryman, b. June 21, 1871; d. May 10, 1880. 
(5) Nellie Merryman, b. Dec. G, 1874; graduated from Bruns- 
wick (Me.) High School, 1894. 
(5) Andrew Gibson Merryman, b. Nov. 6, 1878; farmer. 
(4) Capt. Hudson Bishop Merryman, b. Oct. 12, 1822; d. July 
30, 1867; m., 18.51, Elizabeth Rogers of New York. 
(5) William Henry Merryman, b. Feb., 1852; d. at New York; 
graduated at Bates College, Lewiston, Me.; a Free Bap- 
tist minister; married in New York state and had 
(6) Three children. 
(4) Mary C. Merryman, b. 1827; d. April 19, 1855; m., Jan. 10, 
1854, Joseph James. 
(5) Annie James, b. Dec. 9, 1857; resides Brunswick, Me. 
(4) Capt. Henry A. Merryman, b. Dec, 1829; d. Dec. 26, 1868; 
killed by the falling of a wharf at Philadelphia, Pa. 



CHAPTER III. 

(3) Mary B. Merryman, b. Aug. 6, 1789; d. Oct. 26, 1859; m.. May 
9, 1815, James Merryman*, b. March 30, 1791; d. April 13, 
1868; son of Thomas Merrymans and Mary Melcher. (See 
records, pp. 20-23.) 



CHAPTER IV. 

(3) Michael Merryman, b. June 4, 1792; d. Freeport, Me., Nov. 13, 

1877; m., April 11, 1831, Anna Chase, who d. Jan. 25, 1855 

(47y., 8m.); daughter of William Chase. He was a farmer 

and carpenter and lived many years at Freeport, Me. 

(4) Mary Alice Merryman, b. June 24, 1832; m. (first), July 

16, 1853, Hiram Dennison of Freeport, Me.; m. (second), 

George Chandler. 

Children of first husband: 

(5) Asenath M. Dennison, b. April 19, 1855. 
(5) George C. Dennison, b. March 9, 1860. 

Children of second husband: 
(5) Lucy Chandler. 
(5) Helen Chandler 
(5) James Chandler. 



110 MERE YM AN GENEALOGY. 

(4) Capt. George C. Merryman, b. Jan. 31, 1834; d. Sept. 12, 
1869; resided Freeport, Me.; m. Sarah A. Dunning of 
Freeport, Me., who d. Nov. IG, 1870 (34y.). 

(4) Catherine L. Merryman, b. May 5, 1836; d. Jan. 13, 1882; 
m., Dec. 25, 1869, Eli H. Rogers, b. Freeport, Me., Jan. 19, 
1834; son of Alexander Rogers and Sally Hodgkins. 

(4) Robert M. Merryman, b. Jan. 15, 1839; d. Feb. 15, 1900; 
resided Freeport, Me.; m. Eliza A. Rogers of Freeport, 
Me. 

(4) Washington Merryman, b. April 6, 1843. 

(4) Margaret A. Merryman, b. Oct. 31, 1848; d. Oct. 17, 1881; 
m. James D. Rogers of Freeport, Me. 

(4) Walter S. Merryman, b. Oct. 21, 1850. 



CHAPTER V. 

(3) Hudson Merryman, b. Aug. 4, 1794; d. Dec. 14, 1797. 



CHAPTER YI. 

(3) Abigail Merryman, b. Dec. 8, 1796; d. Feb. 19, 1873; m., Feb. 
26, 1824, James Dunning, b. Dec. 16, 1793; d. Aug. 15, 1874; 
son of Benjamin Dunning and Anna Alexander. 
(4) Capt. Hiram A. Dunning, b. Jan. 15, 1825; d. San Jose, Cal., 

July 12, 1878; m.. May 28, 1853, Elizabeth A. Allen. 
(4) Benjamin R. Dunning, b. Oct. 7, 1826; d. San Juan, Cal., 

July 23, 1878. 
(4) Mary Ann Dunning, b. Dec. 11, 1829; m., Feb. 23, 1854, 
Washington Libby of Portland, Me. 
(5) Four children. 
(4) Clement S. Dunning, b. July 15, 1836; m. (first), Fannie 

C. Eaton; m. (second), Abbie A. Davis. 
(4) Abigail B. Dunning b. Oct. 27, 1841; d. Nov. 13, 1865. 



CHAPTER VII. 

(3) Hudson Merryman, b. Feb. 21, 1799; d. Oct. 17, 1885; m., Jan. 
25, 1826, Asenath Merryman-*, b. Nov. 24, 1806; d. Oct. 6, 
1833; daughter of John Merrymans, jr.^ and Elizabeth Sto- 
ver; granddaughter of James Merryman^ and Hannah 
Blake, 
(4) Eliza Ann Merryman, b. Aug. 30, 1826; m., Sept. 30, 1852, 
Alcot Stoverc, b. Feb. 2, 1824; son of Isaac Stovers and 
Sarah Bibber. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 



Ill 



(5) Flora A. Stover, b. April 29, 1859. 
(4) Lavina Merryman, b. Feb. 1, 1835; m. Walter Merryman. 

(See records, p. 34.) 
(4) George William Merryman, b. Dec. 27, 1836; d. July 12, 

1842. 
(4) Sylvester S. Merryman, b. Dec. 29, 1840; d. June 23, 18G3; 

m., Feb. 17, 1875, Susie Orr Skolfield, b. . 

(5) Georgia F. Merryman, b. Oct. 9, 1878. 
(5) Willie Merryman, b. Dec. 22, 1886. 
(4) George W. Merryman, b. June 9, 1843; m. (first), Hattie 
Newell of Litchfield, Me., who d. 1878; m. (second), Han- 
nah Alexander. 
(5) Hattie C. Merryman, b. April 8, 1886. 
(4) Frances M. Merryman, b. March 4, 1850; m., Oct. 26, 1894, 
Paul Curtiss Merryman, b. May 22, 1838; son of Isaac 
Merryman and Catherine Curtiss. 
(5) Flora Ella Merryman, b. Sept. 7, 1895. 



APPENDIX. 



Note 1. — Mr. Timothy Dunning Merryman's account of his trip 
over the Plains: "We crossed the Mississippi River Sept. 5, 1853, 
with a train of 12 wdgons, one of these drawn by five yoke of 
oxen and having two drivers to each. Two horses were attached 
to each of our 12 wagons. In our party were 30 men and 24 
women and children. We travelled through Iowa and Missouri 
without trouble and camped on the banks of the Missouri River, 
at the point where St. Joseph now stands, for a few days. Early 
in May I was sent across the Missouri River into the Indian Ter- 
ritory which was all the land west of the river then, to see how 
the pasturage was. I saw a sight which made by blood boil. A 
negro boy had attempted to escape to freedom and several men 
caught him with ropes, like a wild beast. They took him back 
to slavery and I could only pity him. I went out ten or fifteen 
miles and returned with the report that the grass was good, and 
on May 5 we started across the river for the land of the Indians 
and buffalo. Our company chose a captain, whose name was 
Andrew Perrine. He had crossed the Plains in '49. His duty 
was to go before the train in the afternoon and field a suitable 
camping place, with plenty of water and grass. We would halt 
about two hours before sunset, turn loose the stock and prepare 
meals and beds for the night. Then the men were organized into 
guards, three men in each guard, and three changes each night, 
so that each man must guard every third or fourth night for 
three or four hours. This guard was to keep a sharp lookout for 
the Indians. We travelled across the country along the South 
Platte River to old Fort Henry, then to Fort Laramie and thence 
through the Black Hills to the Sweet Water River. At a place 
called Devil's Gap I had the misfortune to break my wrist. There 
was no doctor in the train, but though we thought we had set it 
all right it has troubled me ever since. We crossed the divide 
in the Rocky Mountains, called the South Pass, where the waters 
flow eastward to the Mississippi River and westward to the 
Pacific Ocean. Very soon the Great American desert was reached 
and this was the worst part of the journey. Lack of water, 
scorching heat, night travel and reptiles were not pleasant. The 
sage bush, which we encountered next, was very disagreeable, as 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 113 

we often had to cut our way through it. Our oxen were lame 
and sore and we shod them with shoe leather. When one became 
too lame to go further, we traded it for another as best we could, 
for there were cattle kept by traders along the way. The road 
was lined with emigrant wagons as far as the eye could see. We 
got along with very little sickness in our company. We had to 
keep a careful guard of our stock at night, as there were many 
thieves lurking about, and one night two of our best horses were 
stolen. Next morning a company of five men went out to find 
these horses, my brother, Ira, and I being two of them. We 
tracked the thieves all day, but could not get along very fast, 
as it was along the Humboldt River bottom. Late in the. after- 
noon we saw the Indians whom we had been pursuing entering 
a swamp covered with pools of water. In this they mired our 
horses. It seemed by the deep tracks that two Indians must have 
been on each horse. Three of our men left horses with the other 
two, of whom I was one, and tried to reach the horses on foot, 
but failing, and seeing a short way back to camp, they started 
for it, leaving the two men waiting. Finally, darkness compelled 
me to return. My brother, Ira, would have returned to us, if the 
captain had not been angry at his disappointment and so would 
not allow him to do so. We could have reached and caught the 
thieves, if we had not feared an ambush. 

"Soon after this, our company began to break up through dis- 
satisfaction with different circumstances, and before we reached 
the Sierra Nevada Mountains we were left alone. We crossed 
these mountains in September, about five and a half months after 
leaving the Mississippi River. Mr. John Jackson of Mercer 
County, 111., owned the team and outfit. His brother-in-law, Reu- 
ben Shields, who was afterwards in the Civil War, and myself 
had charge of the teams. They were all in good condition on 
arriving at Stockton, Cal., except one, which we had traded on 
the way. We stopped on a river in Calaveras County after a long 
and tedious trip, much harder than going to war, it seems to me. 
We remained there for 10 years, teaming and mining for a short 
time, and returned by steamer to New York City. I did not make 
a big strike in California, but by diligence and economy I was 
enabled to save $500 a year. I worked my way over the Plains 
by driving a team and paying $75. On my way to Illinois I 
stopped in Washington and had a very pleasant talk with Presi- 
dent Lincoln. I prospered on the farm in Illinois and gave gen- 
erously to churches and colleges. In April, 1886, I moved to San 
Jacinto, Cal., and built the first house in the town of Florida. 
There we set out an orchard of all kinds of citrus fruit, etc. I 

8 



114 MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 

» 

moved to Los Angeles, Cal., in 1895. I now have 480 acres of 
land in Illinois, IGO acres in Nebraska and 204 acres in Califor- 
nia." 

Note 2. — The children of Lettice Ann Skolfield Merrymans, b. 
April 4 1834; d. Aug. 21, 1880, and David Woodman Toothaker, b. 
Oct. 1, 1830, and resides at Richmond, Me. (See p. 32.) 
(6) David Franklin Toothaker, b. Richmond, Me., July 14, 1854; 
carpenter and builder at Kennebunkport, Me.; m. (first), 
Oct. 3, 1875, Mrs. Lizzie Hatch; m. (second), Dec. 25, 1896, 
Cora Lenora Duncan. 
Children of first wife: 

(7) Byron Franklin Toothaker, b. Dec. 4, 1881; d. Aug. 5, 1882. 
(7) Sarah Lettice Toothaker, b. April 17, 1883. 
(6) Mark Eugene Toothaker, b. Richmond, Me., June 13, 1857; 
resides Lynn, Mass.; boot and shoe manufacturer; m., June 
19, 1878, Mary E. L. Hamel, who d. Lynn, Mass., June 27, 
1878. 
(7) Helena Toothaker, b. Kingston, N. H., March 23, 1879. 
(7) Son, b. Nov. 3, 1881. 
(7) Lizzie Toothaker, b. Jan. 30, 1883. 
(7) Etta Winfield Toothaker, b. Jan. 5, 1887. 
(6) Rebecca Alberta Toothaker, b.- Richmond, Me., Nov. 8, 1859; 
resides Chicago, 111.; m., Dec. 2, 1882, Wilbur V. Barry of 
Litchfield, Me.; carpenter. 
(7) Percy Barry, b. Portland, Me., Oct. 13, 1883. 
(7) Son, b. Portland, Me., Oct. 18, 1887. 
(6) George Holman Toothaker, b. Richmond, Me., Jan. 27, 1862; 
resides Everett, Mass.; m., July 11, 1882, Henrietta W. 
Jaques of Richmond, Me. 
(6) Frederick Lincoln Toothaker, b. Richmond, Me., March 20, 
1864; resides Salem, Mass.; m., April 16, 1885, Clara Ade- 
laide Nason, b. New York City March 1, 1863. 
(7) Lettice Toothaker, b. Oct. 9, 1886; d. June 12, 1887. 
(6) Sarah Lizzie Toothaker, b. Richmond, Me., Feb. 13, 1866; d. 

Aug. 8, 1880. 
(6) Mary Inez Toothaker, b. July 1, 1868. 
(6) Eunice Hopkins Toothaker, b. March 25, 1871; d. March 26, 

1871. 
(6) Alonzo Grant Toothaker, b. March 3, 1874; resides Everett, 
Mass.; m., Nov. 18, 1896, Etta Maud Jaques. 

Note 3. — Full records of Mary Merryman Kincaid. (See p. 21.) 

(6) Mary Merryman Kincaid, b. Brunswick, Me., Aug. 4, 1844; 

resides Auburn, Me.; m., June 24, 1870, Rev. Reuben D. 

Osgood, b. Bluehill, Me., Feb. 1, 1836; d. Dec. 31, 1891; son 

of Daniel Osgood and Roxania Higgins. 



MERRYMAN GENE.VIiOGY. 115 

(7) Hattie May Osgood, b. March 7, 1872; graduated from Lew- 
iston (Me.) Latin School, 1893; m. (first), June 29, 1897, 
Child of first husband: 
(8) Elizabeth Mary Lord, b. April 10, 1898. 

Dr. Herbert Lord, who d. Dec. 13, 1898; m. (second), 
July 30, 1904, Andrew W. Smart. 
Child of second husband: 
(8) Herbert Wilson Smart, b. Sept. 4, 1905. 
(7) David Earle Osgood, b. July 10, 1874; resides Brooklyn, 
N. Y. ; graduated from Edward Little High School, 
Auburn, Me., 1893; in life insurance business; m., Sept. 
7, 1897, Mary Bell Ward. 
(8) Alfred Earle Osgood, b. Dec. G, 1900. 
'7) Mabel Estella Osgood, b. Aug. 25, 1876; resides Auburn, 
Me.; clerk; graduated from Edward Little High School, 
1895. 
(7) Abbie Roxania Osgood, b. Feb. 15, 1882; graduated from 
Edward Little High School, 1901; teacher; resides 
Auburn, Me. 

(7) Grace P'lora Osgood, b. Dec. 30. 1884; resides Winthrop, 

Mass.; stenographer; graduated from Edward Little 
High School, 1903. 

Note 4. — Dr. Thomas J. Merryman'', p. 9, is one of the most 
earnest temperance workers. He has written many stirring 
poems, one of which is given below. 

His daughter, Agnes Staples Merryman", m., Sept. 3, 1901, Rev. 
Lyman Morse Denton, b. Digby, N. S., and is now pastor of the 
Baptist Church, Lincoln, Neb. 

The son, William Albert Merryman", m., Jan. 1, 1901, Mary 
Chapman. 

(8) Louis Merryman. 

A MOTHER'S LAMENT. 
De. T. J. Merryman. 

It was not in the roar of battle 

That my noble son went down: 
And not from the path of duty 

He was called to receive a crown. 

It was not whei'e shell and bullet 
Mow down with a deadly wound. 

But 'twas where the poison lurketh. 
Where a deadlier foe is found. 



116 MERRYMAN GENEAI^OGY. 

He fell not by Mauser bullets 
In the isles beyond the sea; 

But went down In our own dear counti'y 
Where to rum we bow the knee. 

■ It was not behind entrenchments 
That my son's life-blood was shed; 
But dishonored in the gutter 
There he bowed his aching head. 

? It was not on picket duty 

He received a fatal wound; 
But where twines the deadly serpent, 
Where its poison fangs are found. 

It was not where the brave and noble 
Are called to meet their death; 

But 'twas where the drunkards gather, 
With alcoholic breath. 

It was not a shell's explosion 
That laid his vitals bare; 

But the appetite for liquor 

That caught him in its snare. 

He died not for love of country, 
Nor his country's flag to save; 

But the love of ardent spirits 

Was what hurled him to his grave. 

He died not to save our nation 
And an honored grave to fill; 

But to save the people's taxes 
Where they license men to kill. 

He was not in his country's service 
To save a righteous cause; 

But with thousands more he stumbled 
Through his country's license laws. 

Why, oh, why grant men a license 
To sell what is known to kill, 

And send mothers' percious darlings 
A drunkard's grave to fill? 

For, oh! when a drunkard dieth. 
How it pierces a mother's breast; 

For his spirit can never enter 

That home of the good and blest. 



MERRYMAN GENEALOGY. 117 

I entreat you, Christian voter, 

Hear and heed a mother's call; 
Do remove this curse of curses. 

Or a thousand more will fall. 

Note 5. — Fuller records of Harriet O. Barker (p. 18). 
(G) Harriet Otis Barker, b. Oct. 8, 1847; resides North Yarmouth, 
Me.; graduated from Brunswick (Me.) High School, Nov. 
17, 1864; m., July 8, 1S74, Rev. Jehiel Simmonds Richards, 
b. Bristol, Me., Aug. 1, 1847; a successful Congregational 
minister; graduated from Lincoln Academy, Newcastle, 
Me.,- 1868; from Bowdoin College, 1872; from Bangor (Me.) 
Theological Seminary, 1877; son of Jehiel S. Richards and 
Leona Coggan; has preached at Dexter, Alfred, Deer Isle 
and other Maine towns. 
(7) Raymond Christlieb Richards, b. July G, 1876; d. Dec. 18, 

1877. 
(7) Annie Oilman Richards, b. Jan. 19, 1880; graduated from 
Maine Eastern State Normal School, June 7, 1899; from 
North Yarmouth (Me.) Academy, 1902; Bates College, 
class of 1906. 

Note 6. — Capt. David Merrymans (p. 28). He went to sea when 
scarcely 14 years old, worked his way up until he was captain; 
he followed the sea for 26 years, sailing altogether to foreign 
ports. He then studied dentistry which he successfully practiced 
at Presque Isle, Me., for several years. His wife was b. at Brev/er, 
Me., Jan. 14, 1840, and now resides at Boothbay Harbor, Me. 
(G) His daughter, Augusta Blanchard Merryman, graduated from 
Brewer (Me.) High School, 1891, and from Bangor (Me.) 
Training School for Kindergartners, 1892; a very successful 
teacher of music. Her husband. Freeman Charles Little- 
field, b. Brewer, Me., Aug. 25, 1872, graduated from Bangor 
(Me.) Business College, 1892. 



INDEX. 



Abbie L. Merryman ^34 

Abigail Merryman. wife of 

Wm. Stover and David Kin- 

caid 21, 22 

Abigail Merryman, wife of 

Robert Stover • 89, 90 

Abigail Merryman, wife of 

James Dunning- no 

All)ert Dunning Merryman and 

family 10 

Albion Merriman and family. . 88 

Alcot .James Merriman 90, 91 

Alcot Stover Merriman and 

Sarah Jane Curtiss 90, 91 

Alfred ^Merryman 27 

Capt. Alfred Hayden Merrv- 

man 19, 20 

Dr. Alfred M. Merriman 34 

Alice Merryman 94 

Almira Merryman and Lewis 

Waterman Gl 

Almira Ross Merryman and 

Parker Tenney 10, 11 

Alphonse Merryman 49 

Alveda Florence ^lerriman. . . . 8.5 

Amanda Merryman S 

Andrew Curtiss Merryman and 

family 42-45 

Andrew Gibson Merryman 109 

Angler S. Merryman 35 

Anna Merryman and Elisha 

Allen 36 

Anna Walker Merryman and 

George E. liibber lOG 

Arthur iNlerryman 49 

Arthur Orr Merryman 92 

Aseneth Merryman 87 

Augusta Merryman and Peleg 
Augustus Merryman 3o, 36 

Curtiss 105 

Bailey Merryman and family. 41-45 

Belinda Merryman ". . . 20 

Benjamin INIerrvman and Ab- 
bie E. Colby 79, 80 

Benjamin Merryman and Mar- 

ga ret Curtiss 84-87 

Capt. Benjamin Sidney Merry- 
man ' . 20 

Bessie H. Merryman 90 

Bethiah Spragiie Merryman. .05-68 
Betsy Merryman and Capt. 

Thomas Alexander 36-38 

Bet.sy Merryman 72 

Catherine Merryman 46 

Celia Merry ma n 76 

Charles Merriman 83, 84, 99 

Charles E. Merriman 99 

Charles H. Merryman 46 

Charles L. Merryman 26 

Charles Spencer Merryman 40 



Da""e. 

Charles W. ISIerryman "98 

Charlotte Merryman 93 

Clarence ]Merryman 49 

Cordelia Merryman 47 

Damaris Merriman 88 

Capt. Daniel Merriman 92, 93 

Daniel Merriman 29, 93 

Capt. David Merryman 28 

And Note 6 

David Merriman 28, 86 

David Douglass Merryman 33 

David Dunning Merryman 12 

Deborah Merryman. . .' 93 

Deborah Merryman and Sin- 

nett Orr 107 

Delia Ann Merryman 92 

Delight Merryman and Joel 

Ricker 48 

Edith Alfaretta Merryman 90 

Eli Merryman 33, 34, 36 

Eliza Ann Merryman 87 

Eliza P. Merryman 45 

Elizabeth Merryman 14 

Elizabeth Merryman and Capt. 

Benjamin Henley 51 

Elizabeth Merryman and Capt. 

Benjamin Woodside 24. 25 

Emeline Merryman and Capt. 

Bowdoin Pratt 45 

Elmira Merryman 104 

Emily ^[erryman and Samuel 

G. Chancy 8 

Capt. Enos Merryman 103. 104 

Enos Merryman 104 

Ernest Merryman 109 

Eugene V. Merryman 90 

Evelyn Olive Merryman 105 

Fannie Qnincy Merryman 104 

Fannie Skolfield Merryman 108 

Fanny Merryman 94 

Frances Brwin Merryman. .104, 105 

Frank Ernest Merryman 101 

Capt. Frederic C. Merriman... 99 

Freeman M. ]\Ierryman 20 

Galen Merryman 106 

George A. Merryman 92 

George M. ^Merryman 104 

George William Merryman.... 88 

Hannah Merryman....' 98 

Hannah Merryman and Louis 

(Jram 45 

Hannah Merryman and Ste- . 

phen Sinnett 52-60 

Hannah Merryman and Am- 
brose Hamilton 49 

Hannah Merryman and Walter 

Merryman 10.3-107 

Hannah Merryman and Jacob 

Stover 100 

Harmon Curtiss Merryman 89 



120 



INDEX. 



Harriet Jane Merryman 35 

Plattie C. Merrvma n 88 

Flattie E. Merryraan 100, 101 

Capt. Henry ilerryman 40 

Henry Merryman 46 

Capt. Henry A. IMerryman 109 

Herbert Carlton ]Merriman 90 

Herbert Eugene IMerriman 14 

Herbert Soole Merryman 30 

Hiram ;Merryman 86 

Hiram S. Merryman . ; 35 

Capt. Hudson Merryman 109 

Hudson Merryraan and Ase- 

nath Merryman 110. Ill 

Hugh :\Ierryman 47-49, 51, 65 

Hugh Merryman and Delight 

Bailey 48-70 

Ida Annette Merryman 49 

Ira Merryman 29, 30 

Ira Merryman and family 15 

Isaac Meriyman 32, 33 

Isaac Merryman and Cather- 
ine Curtiss 88, 89 

Jacob Merryman 61 

Jacob Merryman and Elizabeth 

Clark 98-103 

Capt. Jacob Merryman 98 

Jacob Henry Merryman 101 

James Merryman 38-41, 65. 70 

87-103 
James Merryman and JIary B. 

^Merryman 20. 21 

James Merryman and Sallie 

Curtiss 107-109 

James Ira Merryman 23 

James William Merryman 92 

Jennie M. Merryman 89 

Joel Merryman 65 

John ISIerryman 60-62 v 

John Merryman and Elizabeth 

Stover 87-91 

John Merryman and Susie 

Curtiss 93 

John Merryman and Ellinor 

C. McManus 104-106 

John P. Merryman 49 

John Skolfield Merryman 49 

John William Merryman 93 

Joseph Merryman 12-14 

Capt. Joseph Merriman and 

Eunice Martin 81-84 

Capt. Josiah C. Merryman.. 100, 101 

Kate Dunning Merryman 101 

Lavina Merryman 78 

Lavina ^Merriman and George 

C. Bibber 98, 99 

Leah Merryman and Clark 

Tarr 49-51 

Lettice A. S. ]\Ierrvman and 

D. W. Tootbaker...32 and Note 2 

Leon Blake ^Merriman 93 

Linda S. Merriman 106 

Lolo Merriman 34 

Lucinda Merriman 100 

Lucy Merriman and Jabez 

Springer 70-72 

Lucy Bell Merriman 28 

Lulu IVterriman 98 

Ly dia Merriman 64 

Lvdia Merriman and Capt. 

John Stover . . ., 96-98 

Lydia Merriman and Capt. 

Norton Stover 100 

Lydia Augusta Merryman 101 



Lydia Whitehouse Merryman.. 106 
Margaret Merriman and A. J. 

Allen 85, 86 

Margaret E. Merriman 99 

^Marion ' Merriman 93 

Marion .Josiah Merryman 10, 11 

Mary Merryman 72, 75 

Mary Merryman and Capt. 

James Chase 23, 24 

Mary Merryman and Capt. Na- 
thaniel Merryman 91 

Mary Merryman and Lewis 

Simpson 40 

Mary Merryman and Henry 

Eastman 48 

Mary A. IMerriman and Sam- 
uel Goud 99 

Mary Ann Merryman 27 

Mary B. Merryman 109 

Mary C. Merryman and Joseph 

James 109 

Mary Helen Merryman 101 

Martha Merryman and Charles 

C. Snow 46, 47 

Martha Merryman and Hirara 

A. Balch 61, 62 

Martha M. Merryman 27 

Matilda Merryman 28, 31 

Matthew Martin Merriman 84 

Maude Dennett Merryman 106 

Mercy Merryman 75, 76 

Mercy Merryman and James 

Orr : 94-96 

Mercy Ellen Merriman 101. 102 

Michael Merryman 103-112 

Miriam Merriman 75 

Nancy Merryman and James 

1). i3arker 18 

Nancy Merryman and Samuel 

Miller 77 

Nancy Merryman and Stan- 
wood Alexander 76, 77 

Capt. Nathaniel Merryman.. .63-65 
Nathaniel Merryman. .16-20, 90, 105 

Nellie ^Merryman 109 

Nellie A. Jlerryman 303 

Octavia Merryman 85 

Olive jMerryman 49 

Olive Merryman and Ebenezer 

Durgan 62, 63 

Oliver Perry Merryman 25 

Ma ior Paul Merryman 46 

Paul Curtiss Merriman 88, 89 

Capt. Paul Curtiss Merryman 

108, 109 

Paul Sprague Merryman 90 

I'eleg Curtiss ^Merryman 93 

Rhoda Merryman 80, 81 

Capt. Richard Merryman 40, 41 

Richard Merryman and Ella 

• A. Roberts 105 

Capt. Robert Merryman 106 

Robert Merryman 33, 34 

Robert McManus jNIerryman... 106 
Capt. Robert Lincoln Merry- 
man 103. 104 

Robert W. Merryman 41-42 

Rose Ethel Merryman 98 

Roy Merryman 89 

Rufus Dunning Merriman 98 

Ruth Merryman 77, 78 

Salome Merryman and William 
R. Field 30, 31 



INDEX. 



121 



Sallv jrerryman and David 

Douslass CS. 69 

Samuel Merrvman 70-73 

Sarah Merrvman 4C, 73-75, 79 

Sarah J. Merrymau 34. 72. 73 

Sarah Merryman and .Joseph 

Ewinj? 5, 6 

Sarah Elizabeth ISIerryman 90 

Sarah .Tane jNIerrymau 27 

Shubael Merryman 34-36 

Sidney Breeze Merryman 9, 10 

Simon Merryman 98. 99 

Skolflekl Merryman 78, 79 

S. Lorenzo ^Merryman 35 

Spencer Merryman 40 

Susan Merrvman and Otis 

Childs 60, 61 

Susan A. Merryma n 34 

Sylvester Stover Merriman.... 101 
Thirza Merriman and F. D. 

Hughes 81, 82 

Thirza Ann Merryman and 

Robinson Nye 15 

Thirza Ellen Merrvman 27 

Thomas Merryman 11. 12. 22. 23 

Thomas Merryman and Marv 

Melcher 6-48 

Thomas Merrvman and Almira 

McManus 38. 39 

Thomas Merryman and Mary 

Skolfleld 78-80 

Thomas ^lerrvman and Re- 
becca S. Hall 26 

Capt. Thomas Merryman and 
Martha Melcher and Hannah 
Ann Rollins 25-28 



Capt. Thomas Merryman and 

Mary Ann Curtiss 36 

Dr. Thomas .T. Merryman 9 

And Note 4 

Thomas r. iSIerryman 23 

Timothy Merryman 46 

Timothy Merryman, Jr 45, 46, 49 

Timothy Mei'ryman and Eliza- 
beth Dunning 6-20 

Timothy Merryman and Betsy 

Gardner 48-51 

Timothy Merryman and Mar- 
tha Alexander 41-48 

Timothy Dunning Merryman.. 14 
And Note 1 

Waitstill Merryman 75-77 

Waitstill Merryman and Cath- 
erine Barker 77 

Walter Merryman 31-38, 70-87 

103-107 

Capt. Walter H. Merryman 99 

Walter Roberts Merryman 105 

Wanton Merryman.." 92 

Washington Irvine Merryman. 91 
William ^Merriman and Delia 

Ann Bibl)er 85 

William Merriman and Miriam 

Stover 91-94 

William B. Merryman 40, 41 

William Curtiss Merryman.. .19, 20 

William F. Merryman 73 

William H. Merryman 109 

William Henry Merryman 26 

William James Russell Merry- 
man 40 



INDEX TO OTHER EAMILIES THAN MERRYMAN. 



Page. 

Adams. Capt. Benjamin 78 

Alexander, Catherine B 38 

Franli A 99 

Isaac 89 

Isabel 31 

.Tosepliine B 38 

Martha 41 

Pennell 9G 

Sarah A 92 

Stanwood 76 

Capt. Thomas 30 

William S 89 

Allen, Ellwood D 96 

Emore T 94 

Winfleld Scott lOl 

Bailey, Delight 48 

Fred Pennoyer 100 

Isaac N 100 

Sarah 5 

Balch, Hiram Augustus..-. 61 

Barker, James R 18 

Beaman, Rev. Edwin 30 

Bibber, Delia Ann 8.5 

Orlando M 95 

Bishop, Edward B 104 

Mary 103 

Blake, Hannah 87 

Burgess, Charles G 40 

Carter, Cornelius 79 

Chambers, Charlotte 28 

Chancy, Samuel 8 

Chase, Capt. James 23 

George 66 

Chenery, Willis M IDS 

Childs, Otis CO 

Church, Hiram 25 

Clark, William T 93 

Elizabeth 98 

Colby, Abbie E 79 

Congdon, James W 60 

Cooml)s, Elisha C 6 

Cox, Mary Ella 98 

Cunningham, Eubra S 100 

Curtiss, Alfred 75 

Barstow 77 

.John 75 

John J 91 

Levi 80 

Mary Jane 34 

Sallie 107 

Sarah Jane 90 

Susie 93 

Douglass, Clarissa 33 

David 68 

George 72 

Doyle, Michael and family 73 

Dunning, Elizabeth 7 

Isaac Lincoln 93 

James 110 



Page. 

Eastman, Henry 48 

Ewing, Joseph and family 5 

Field. William R. and family.. 31 

Forsaith, Mary L 19 

Fuller, Dr. LeGrand and fam- 
ily 39 

Gilman. Almeda M 33 

Gilmore, Margaret 28 

Nancy P 28 

Gram, Louis 45 

Hall, Fred E 108 

Hamilton, Ambrose 49 

Ebeu 49 

Isaac 66 

Lavina 49 

Hartzell, James G. and family 13 

Heath, Frank 40 

Henley, Capt. Benjamin and 

family 51 

Hill, Ebenezer 66 

Hodgkins, Samuel 99 

Hughes. F. D 81 

Emily 82 

Lewis G 82 

Humphreys, Jefferson C. .T.... G4 

James, Joseph and family 109 

Johnson, Isaac A 93 

Samuel L 39 

Jordan, Dominicus and family 75 

Joyce, Henry S 24 

Kincaid, David and family 21 

Kinnear, William M 90 

Krause, Jacob and family 6 

Leonard, Henry 35 

Litchfield, Veazie B 38 

Littiefleld, Freeman Charles... 

Note 6, Appendix 

McManus, Almira 38 

Catherine 40 

Ellinor C 104 

Hannah 103 

Martin, Eunice 81 

Capt. John 76 

Maxfleld, Andrew 29 

Melcher, Martha 25 

Marv 6 

Miller, Samuel 77 

;Morse. Thomas Emery and 

family 17 

Mary Ann 29 

Murray. John 16 

Reuben 16 

Nye, Robinson and family 15 

Oi-r, James and family 94 

Charles and family 95 

Sinnett and family 107 

Owen. Charles and family 38 

Patten, Jane 8 

Peaks, Alfred W 27 



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INDEX. 



123 



I'eiT.v. Lorenzo D 28 

Powell, William Nelson 14 

Pratt. Capt. Bowdoin 45 

Preston, Zenas 39 

Randall, Clara D 93 

Ricliards, Rev. J. S 18 

And Note 5 

Riclcer. Joel 48 

Roberts, KUa A 105 

Rollins. Hannah Ann 27 

Russell. George and family.... 60 

Schillinser. Charles 37 

Scott. liugh and family 67 

Simpson, Lewis 40 

Sinclair, A. M 28 

Sinnett, Stephen and descend- 
ants 52 

Skolfleld, Ann Eliza .«... 108 

Capt. .John Orr and family 65 

Marv 78 

Molly 60 

Susie Orr 88 

Smart. Capt. Andrew Wilson 

and familv 22 

Snow, Charles C 46 

Tpggp 5 

Stoddard, 'El'la. ."........'.'..'. . .'.'.'. 88 

Sarah L 90 

Stover. Abijah C 102 

Alcot 87 

Alice R 92 

Asenath B 90 

Charles L 89 

Capt. David 100 

Delphina P 102 

Elizabeth 87, 108 



Stover, Elizabeth Ann 100 

Ellen Gertrude 102 

.Jacob 100 

James 94 

Capt. John 9G 

Johnson Harmon 101 

Joseph 108 

Julia F 100 

Lettice 97 

Mary Estelle 102 

Capt. Norton 100 

Pennell A 96 

Robert 89 

Rosie B 91 

Silvester 94 

Susan E 100 

Tapley, Judge Rufus I*, and 

family 106 

Tarr, Clark and family 49 

Tenney, I'arker and family 10 

Thomas, John Harmon 102 

Toothaker, David W 32 

And Note 2 

Ward, Capt. Charles 31 

Waterman. Lewis 61 

Way. Albert Shedd 67 

Webber, Bertha 93 

Eleanor H 99 

Eliza Ann 100 

Herbert L 99 

Horatio 8. and family 40 

Mary Jane 101 

Wharton, Samuel 12 

Woodside, Nancy 16 

John Henry 104 

Woodward, Susie G 98 



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